At a Leadership Conference today we generated a list of what we wanted our students to grow up to be. And it was a good list. Kind. Flexible. Problem Solvers. Resilient, open minded. A few more that I am forgetting. If my son grows up I will have considered my parenting successful.
Sitting there I realized I missed a few big issues. We want our students to be all those things. But, what about having a equity mindset? What about a focus on the future.
We want our students to think about building a future is better than our today which will required developing an equity mindset.
Yet, I do not know how to do that. How do you teach students the value of equity, instill a desire to remove inequality, and understand the value in advocating for justice.
I have some thoughts. I have Pedro Noguera’s book on Excellence Through Equity. I’ve heard wonderful things about Carla Shalaby’s Book Troublemakers. The #ClearTheAir Twitter Chat is apparently a wonderful resource.
Notes For Kevin 