Identity Safe Classroms, Grades 6-12: Pathways to Belonging and Learning
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Together, educators are doing the reimagining and reinvention work necessary to make true educational equity possible. Student-centered learning advances equity when it values social and emotional growth alongside academic achievement, takes a cultural lens on strengths and competencies, and equips students with the power and skills to address injustice in their schools and communities.
Co-authored by Amy Epstein of Assessment for Learning Project grantee Leadership Public Schools, this book offers design principles, research-evidence, and pragmatic strategies to create identity safe classrooms. In identity safe classrooms, students facing negative stereotypes or viewed as different are “seen,” accepted, and valued for who and what they are. Online resources are available for download from the publisher.
Becki Cohn-Vargas, Alexandrea Creer Kahn, and Amy Epstein, 2020