Educators who connect their teaching to students’ cultures, languages and heritage create classroom environments that value critical home-school relationships, affirm student identities and challenge stereotypes.
To ensure students feel welcome, valued and safe enough to learn, schools must actively cultivate a welcoming climate that values every member of its student body. This means that the spoken and unspoken messages
Before You Begin: The Planning Committee Activity A: Review Best Practices 1. Take turns reading the standards aloud. As you read, discuss each standard and address any questions or concerns group members may have—about