“In a sense, everything in education relates to culture- to its acquisition, its transmission, and its invention. Culture is in us and all around us, just as the air we breathe.”- Geneva Gay So excited to learn more about CRP 📚💭 Rich Milner Notorious PhD #VandyCRP2021

Reflecting upon the differences in “normal” classroom behavior during my experiences teaching in Japan and USA. In my future teaching, I wonder how I can teach students to dismantle systems that do not value their differences. Notorious PhD Rich Milner #vandycrp2021

“However, when educators disrupt deficit mindsets and low expectations, they realize and acknowledge that students are developing beings, and they have a chance to help students learn and grow when they see them as human beings with limitless potential.”- Dr. Rich Milner

“We believe that CRP... is at ❤️ about survival- a survival we want to sustain through education- & about changing the conditions under which we live and work by opening up new and revitalizing community rooted ways of thinking about edu...”-Paris&Alim

Pretty crazy to see how many states ( including TN) that do not address system bias in state standards. How can teachers use their agency to address this issue within the four walls of our classrooms? Notorious PhD Rich Milner #vandycrp2021

Some students must work after school jobs to support their families, but some can afford tutoring.Teachers must consider their after school lives when assigning hw.”OTC is about building community knowledge to inform practice”Start Where You Are, But Don’t Stay There Rich Milner

Teachers are not held accountable for relationships with students-only academic success, but this is problematic. Is it possible/ how can we hold teachers accountable for building meaningful, equity-based relationships with their students? Rich Milner Notorious PhD #vandycrp2021

We are deeply disturbed by the rise in anti-Asian violence in our country. As an educator, your antiracist curriculum must include the present and historical realities of Asian Americans, and your antiracist actions must demolish stereotypes and explicitly address bias. Period.

Disrupting racist myths that drive wedges between groups requires uplifting stories of coalitions that worked together toward liberation. Consider these resources for learning about historic examples of solidarity between Black, Asian and AAPI movements. medium.com/advancing-just…

“An important principal of social justice pedagogy is that students themselves are ultimately part of the solution to injustice...to play this role, they need to understand more deeply the conditions of their lives and sociopolitical dynamics of their world” (Gutstein,2003,p.39)

“Preparing teachers to meet the needs of ELLs is a social justice issue, given that 1 in 5 students in the US speaks a language other than English at home” (Shin & Kominski,2010) Rich Milner Notorious PhD #vandycrp2021

Dialogue journals are a consistent way to help deepen teacher- student relationships over time. Loving this idea from “No More Teaching Without Positive Relationships” ( Howard et al., 2020) Rich Milner Notorious PhD #vandycrp2021