Culturally Responsive Teaching
Learn more about how to use students’ customs, characteristics, experience, and perspectives as tools for better classroom instruction
What Is Culturally Responsive Teaching?
Here's what it means to be a culturally responsive teacher and where critical race theory ties in—or not.
Teaching
Opinion
To Get Culturally Responsive Teaching Right, Follow These 3 Basic Tenets
Prioritizing students' academic success is fundamental to getting this instructional approach right.
Reading & Literacy
Trump's Ed. Dept. Wants to Fund 'Evidence-Based' Reading. What Will That Mean for Schools?
The agency has placed literacy squarely on its agenda amid an ongoing national "science of reading" movement.
Teaching
Opinion
Zaretta Hammond: 6 Ways to Uphold Culturally Responsive Teaching
Go beyond performative acts of equity and focus on strengthening the instructional core of every child, the teacher educator advises.
Equity & Diversity
Opinion
Culturally Responsive Teaching Is Misunderstood. How to Correct That
Nearly 30 years have passed since scholars identified this instructional approach, yet educators still struggle to execute it.
Equity & Diversity
Opinion
No, Culturally Responsive Education Is Not a Synonym for CRT
If you're confused about what culturally responsive teaching means, here is guidance from educators on how to avoid common misconceptions.
States
A State Changed Anti-Bias Guidelines for Teachers After a Lawsuit. Will Others?
The lawsuit filed by a conservative law firm took issue with state guidelines on examining biases and diversifying curriculum.
Equity & Diversity
Opinion
You Need to Understand Culturally Responsive Teaching Before You Can Do It
Too often, teachers focus solely on the content. They need to move beyond that and get out of their comfort zones.
Teaching
Opinion
How to Make Rigorous Curriculum Accessible to All Students
Culturally responsive teaching is research-based. Here's why that matters for the classroom.
English Learners
Amid Political Attacks on Ohio Immigrants, How Schools Can Support Newcomers
Former President Trump's anti-immigrant rumors shed light on how an Ohio town's schools have helped newcomers.
Equity & Diversity
Opinion
13 Ways Educators Get Culturally Responsive Teaching Wrong
Some teachers believe adding a few culturally relevant texts or activities to the existing curricula is sufficient. It's not.
Teaching
Opinion
Student Identity Is Complex. Here's How to Honor It
There are practices to help students, their families, and teachers develop a regard for themselves, each other, and the human experience.
School & District Management
Opinion
3 Steps for Culturally Competent Education Outside the Classroom
It’s not just all on teachers; the front office staff has a role to play in making schools more equitable.
Equity & Diversity
Q&A
The Lily Gladstone Effect: A Teacher Explains the Value of Indigenous Language Immersion
Students in the Browning public schools district in Montana engage in a Blackfoot language immersion program for all ages.
English Learners
Opinion
How to Connect With English-Language Newcomers. Teachers Share Their Favorite Lessons
Stock classrooms with books that reflect students’ lives, languages, and cultures and invite them into as yet unfamiliar worlds.