Leading Culturally Responsive Schools

What is Culturally-Responsive Teaching and why do we keep hearing about it? While students of color currently make up half of public school enrollment, 80% of our teacher workforce is white. This mismatch can cause misunderstandings, classroom management problems and damage student achievement. Enter CRT. Learn from a team of Equity Warriors who've walked the talk, including the 2015 National Teacher of the Year, principals from East Harlem and Atlanta, and a literacy specialist from Austin.



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Claire Hagen-Alvarado

Harvard Graduate School of Education

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Shanna Peeples

Harvard Law School

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Matt Smith

Harvard Graduate School of Education

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Mike Vea

Harvard Graduate School of Education