creating brave spaces

Episode 2: Creating Brave Spaces: Reckoning With Race in the Classroom

If you find me cleaning my house with headphones on, I am probably listening to an episode of Learning for Justice, my favorite audio past-time. This season is about lessons from Jim Crow. And Episode 2 is a MUST LISTEN for all teachers, bosses, parents, community leaders. How do we have a discussion about anything when fear is in the room?? Here is their blurb from the Learning for Justice site:

People from all corners of public life are telling teachers to stop discussions about race and racism in the classroom, but keeping the truth of the world from students simply doesn’t work. English teacher Matthew Kay urges educators to create brave spaces instead. He provides examples of classroom strategies for engaging with students at the intersections of race, literature and lived experience. Hint: it involves vulnerability, accountability and quality affirmations.