Book

Creating Equitable Early Learning Environments for Young Boys of Color: Disrupting Disproportionate Outcomes

June 2022 | California Department of Education

This book from the California Department of Education introduces a wide range of practical strategies teachers and program leaders can use to create strengths-based, responsive early education environments that support young boys of color. Topics include building racial equity awareness, strategies to address implicit bias, responsive relationships, culturally responsive practices, effective research-informed strategies for the classroom, and reciprocal partnerships with families. This resource could be used in educational leadership programs as supplemental reading and as a lesson or coursework that emphasizes equity and social justice. 

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