Looking at Your Sh** And Other Ways to Sharpen Equity Tools: A Toolkit
February 12, 2020
If someone works in the field of education, they have signed on to call themselves “educator,” whether working to support infrastructures and systems or teaching in classrooms. And if all work is equity work, then it’s critical to think intentionally about what we say or don’t say; whose values we promote and whose values we question; the curriculum we select; our modes of communication internally and externally, both written and verbal; those who get hired and why; the design of our learning spaces; what “status quo” and “standards” mean, and who has access to success. It’s a monumental task, but it’s necessary to see everything in our contexts as linked to equity if we’re going to engage in the process of transformation.
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