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What Does It Take to Put Inclusive Curriculum Legislation Into Practice?

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A Step Toward Inclusion Is Better Than Omission, but Risk Remains The passage of an inclusive curriculum law, such as the TEAACH Act, can be a major step forward for representation and inclusivity in schools. The working group also developed sample scope and sequences for both the elementary and secondary level.

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TEACHER VOICE: Students deserve classroom experiences that reflect their history

The Hechinger Report

Gathering a team of students and educators to advise on an inclusive curriculum would give students a voice in the process and create a starting place for teachers like me as we build our own classroom lesson plans. Provide all students opportunities to advocate for inclusive sources.

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Principals Aren’t Encouraged to Be Vulnerable. That Needs to Change.

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For example, I’ve worked in schools for nearly a decade and in every space I’ve taught in, we’ve gotten pushback from families about celebrating, or even acknowledging Pride Month in reaction to activities promoting inclusivity for LGBTQ+ people because they feel it is inappropriate. It’s not just about me.

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Students Are Jumping Into The Fray Over Book Bans

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People will say that [more-inclusive curriculums] will make White people feel uncomfortable,” 17-year-old Christina Ellis, one of the student advocates against Central York School District’s book ban, tells the Washington Post.

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OPINION: Black-white disparities in education correlate with teachers’ implicit biases, but it will take more than education reform to solve the issue

The Hechinger Report

Similarly, embracing a more diverse and inclusive curriculum that highlights the history and culture of Black people in the United States may not just increase in-school engagement among Black youth — it may also challenge the latent cultural assumptions held by white teachers in classrooms teaching these Black youth.

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Don’t get rid of gifted and talented programs in the name of integration. Integrate them.

The Hechinger Report

The Seattle School Board is taking steps to dismantle a gifted and talented program at one of its middle schools to make room for a more racially inclusive curriculum. But, too often, gifted and talented programs create separate tracks that end up creating segregated systems within schools.

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Students have their own demands for school reopening

The Hechinger Report

The organizations collaborated to articulate 10 principles for reopening that include listening to students, closing the digital divide, addressing basic needs, moving away from one-size-fits-all instruction and evaluation and creating an inclusive curriculum.