![]() ![]() In several of my earlier books on education, I mention that in low achieving schools the most negative room in the school is not where the students are. You’ll find that the strategies and activities I offer will not be effective if you have a negative attitude toward children of color. I can offer all the solutions in the world, but if you don’t like or respect children, if you don’t want to teach in a African American or Hispanic school, or if your first choice was to teach in an affluent school in a White suburb, you won’t be effective in a classroom with African American/Hispanic students. If you don’t know them, chances are you won’t like them. I insist on providing context because I believe that to teach children you must know them. In fact, I offer many solutions but only after providing some context about children of color. ![]() ![]() I don’t need to understand the history, culture, values, and challenges affecting my children. Kunjufu, in this one-hour workshop, if you can just give me ten solutions, I’ll be satisfied. It’s as if teachers do not want to understand theory, philosophy, values, or culture. Over my almost 35 year career providing school in-service workshops, I have been asked countless times to provide solutions to the problems teachers are encountering in their classrooms. ![]()
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