Prioritizing building relationships with the kids in our classes is the best way to decolonize instruction because we are decentering Eurocentric beliefs about education when we acknowledge that connection is more important than their false sense of urgency around standards.
What this convo keeps missing: Reading/writing are cognitive AND social for adults and children. They need to be taught and supported in ways that account for the whole person. #education#learning#langtwt#Reading#teacher#writing https://t.co/XcFfnrz0Vi
The CCCC Executive Committee recently approved the position statement on Black Linguistic Justice—seeing it as presenting a set of actions for us to enact, not just encouraging words. Read it now. https://t.co/NNKh39eDyZ