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April 27, 2021
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** May Is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month!
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As you plan for the upcoming Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, we encourage you to celebrate and teach the diversity of AAPI identities. Then, keep going by incorporating AAPI voices into your curricula all year long. You can begin with these resources ([link removed]) .
“We Won’t Wear the Name” // Coshandra Dillard ([link removed])

The Classical Roots of White Supremacy // Dani Bostick ([link removed])

A Flaw in the Foundation // Natalie Odom Pough ([link removed])
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Chauvin Was Found Guilty. Now What?
As we hold the Chauvin verdict in the same space where we grieve for Ma’Khia Bryant, Daunte Wright and so many others, Jamilah Pitts calls on educators to see this moment as an opportunity to remain steadfast in anti-racist work. Read her open letter ([link removed]) and reminder that accountability isn’t justice—and that justice requires an ongoing commitment to anti-racism from all of us.
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** Use the Tools of Science to Recognize Inequity in Science
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We know anti-racist STEM curriculum is critical, but it can be difficult to find. Two science educators and LFJ grantees have created a free, flexible resource to address this gap. Check out their article ([link removed])
to learn about The Underrepresentation Curriculum, which includes adaptable lessons that help students use the tools of science to examine the field of science.
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** Anti-racism: Educators Must Do the Heavy Lifting
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As we approach the one-year anniversary of last summer’s racial injustices and protests, educator Nadia Moshtagh Razi urges us all to fully invest in anti-racist practices in schools. She recommends decentering whiteness and listening to students of color and explains why it’s on educators to do so. Read more ([link removed]) to learn recommendations for recommitting to anti-racist work in your school.
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** Guide: Best Practices for Serving LGBTQ Students
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We know LGBTQ-inclusive schools benefit all students.
Our guide Best Practices for Serving LGBTQ Students helps educators create more inclusive schools. Check out the guide ([link removed]) for recommendations about evaluating school policies, creating an inclusive classroom culture, integrating queer voices into curricula and engaging families and communities.


** Check Out What We’re Reading
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“Barriers like the achievement gap are rooted in slavery, then segregation, and then mismanaged integration. In Reardon’s research, parents’ income, their education, and the degree of segregation in the neighborhoods they live in predict a large part of their children’s test scores. These barriers are unknowingly upheld by the people who thrive in the system that perpetuates them.” — Education Week ([link removed])

“But Asian Americans have never been silent. They have long been vocal about injustices — from resistance to racist immigration laws, anti-Chinese purges and lynchings to fighting against Japanese American incarceration, organizing labor strikes, advocating for civil rights and protesting against war, imperialism and police brutality.” — NBC News ([link removed])

“A Chicago Sun-Times analysis of CPS data last year found students who attend a high school with an officer were four times more likely to have the police called on them, with Black and special education students most likely to face police intervention. After Black and Brown students described their fear of police, city officials left the decision to individual high schools — dozens of which chose to keep their cops — and the Board of Education renewed its multimillion-dollar contract with CPD.” — Chicago Sun-Times ([link removed])
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