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Our set of resources have been used by educators worldwide to elevate their work. Feel free to share what you've learned as well.

We at EduColor collectively have several years of experience in the areas of pedagogy, curriculum, policy, labor, research, and other areas of education. The resources below are by no means an exhaustive list of items we've used to raise the issues of equity, anti-racism, and justice.

Also, we believe that, while reading and understanding the perspective of people of color is important, it's just as critical to interrogate and uproot personal instances where injustice, racism, sexism, homophobia, white supremacy, and other forms of oppression exist.

EduColor-Developed Resources

Culturally Responsive-Sustaining Education Facilitator's Guide

For anyone wanting to facilitate and expand the work of CRSE in their schools, classrooms, and beyond.

(In collaboration with NYC Culturally Responsive Education Working Group, EduColor and the Education Justice Research and Organizing Collaborative (EJ-ROC) at the NYU Metropolitan Center for Research on Equity and the Transformation of Schools)

EduColor Policy Framework

Our education policy advocacy is aligned to our principles and norms, not just for the recruitment and retention of teachers of color, but for the lived experiences of educators and their respective communities.

NYC Schools for Transformative Change

During school shutdowns, we advocated for a more thoughtful reopening of schools with the movement for civil and human rights in mind. This advocacy led to a petition that was signed by over 1,500 people in New York City and across the country.

Books (from working group, in order of release time)

Liven Up Your Library: Design Engaging and Inclusive Programs for Tweens and Teens

Julia E. Torres and Valerie Tagoe

Textured Teaching: A Framework for Culturally Sustaining Practices

Lorena Escoto Germán

This Is Not A Test: A New Narrative on Race, Class, and Education

José Luis Vilson

Resources Recommended By Our Members

The Dreamkeepers by Gloria Ladson-Billings

Other People’s Children by Lisa Delpit

The Lost Education of Horace Tate: Uncovering the Hidden Heroes Who Fought for Justice in Schools by Vanessa Siddle Walker

Multiplication is for White People by Lisa Delpit

Not Light, but Fire: How to Lead Meaningful Race Conversations in the Classroom by Matthew Kay

Radical Equations by Robert Moses

Handbook of Research on Teachers of Color and Indigenous Teachers Edited by Conra D. Gist and Travis J. Bristol

This Book Is Anti-Racist by Tiffany Jewell and Aurelia Durand

We Want To Do More Than Survive: Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom by Bettina L. Love

Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls by Monique Couvson (fka Morris)

Ghosts in the Schoolyard: Racism and School Closings on Chicago's South Side by Eve L. Ewing

Teaching to Transgress by bell hooks

The Trouble with Black Boys ... and Other Reflections on Race, Equity, and the Future of Public Education by Pedro Noguera

Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? by Beverly Daniel Tatum

Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire

Handbook of Critical Race Theory in Education by Marvin Lynn and Adrienne Dixon

The Teacher Wars: A New Narrative on Race, Class, and Education by Dana Goldstein

Learning from Latino Teachers by Gilda Ochoa

Teaching for Black Lives edited by Dyan Watson, Jesse Hagopian, Wayne Au

Rethinking Bilingual Education: Welcoming home languages in our classrooms edited by Elizabeth Barbian, Grace Gonzales, Pilar Mejia

Biliteracy From the Start: Literacy Squared in Action, Kathy Escamilla, Susan Hopewell, Sandra Butvilofsky, Wendy Sparrow, Lucinda Soltero-González, Olivia Ruiz-Figueroa, Manuel Escamilla

Black Teachers on Teaching by Michele Foster

Inequality in the Promised Land: Race, Resources, and Suburban Schooling by R. L. Lewis-McCoy

En Comunidad: Lessons for Centering the Voices and Experiences of Bilingual Latinx Students by Carla España and Luz Yadira Herrera

Promoting Racial Literacy: Differences That Make a Difference by Howard C. Stevenson

The Mis-education of the Negro by Carter G. Woodson

Fugitive Pedagogy: Carter G. Woodson and the Art of Black Teaching by Jarvis R. Givens

Culturally Responsive Teaching and The Brain: Promoting Authentic Engagement and Rigor Among Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students by Zaretta Hammond

Troublemakers: Lessons in Freedom from Young Children at School by Carla Shalaby

Everyday Antiracism: Getting Real About Race in School by Mica Pollock

Black Education: A Transformative Research and Action Agenda for the New Century, Editor: Joyce King

The Latinization of U.S. Schools: Successful Teaching and Learning in Shifting Cultural Contexts by Jason Irizarry

All the Women Are White, All the Blacks Are Men, But Some Of Us Are Brave by Gloria T. Hull, Patricia Bell-Scott, Barbara Smith