CRS Resource Repository

Celebrate Valentine’s Day in a culturally inclusive way by focusing on empathy and kindness. This free resource includes an anchor chart, a read-aloud with an activity, and an exit ticket to help students understand and practice empathy.

The CR-S framework helps educators create student-centered learning environments that affirm racial, linguistic and cultural identities; prepare students for rigor and independent learning, develop students’ abilities to connect across lines of difference; elevate historically marginalized voices; and empower students as agents of social change. It is grounded in the four principles of welcoming and affirming enviornments, high expectations and rigourous instruction, inclusive curriculum and assessment, and ongoing professional learning.

This page from the i-Ready website describes how this online educational platform supports culturally responsive teaching and learning. Examples are provided of how cultural responsiveness is integrated into their products such as mathematics in multicultural contexts and a lesson on American Sign Language.

This article by Cynthia Nicol, Jo-ann Archibald & Jeff Baker was published in Mathematics Education Research Journal. It discusses mathematics education focusing on the intersection of mathematics education, teacher education, and explores the nature of culturally responsive teaching for practising teachers. It is a product of a qualitative research exploring the nature and sustenance of culturally responsive mathematics education

This resource explores how racially diverse schools and classrooms can benefit all students. It discusses how diverse learning environments can enhance critical thinking, creativity, and problem-solving skills, while also reducing prejudice and promoting cross-cultural understanding. The authors suggest that addressing issues of segregation, inequity, and bias in educational policies and practices is crucial to fully realize the benefits of school diversity.

Scholastic offers a curated list of diverse and inclusive young adult books that explore themes such as race, ethnicity, social justice, LGBTQIA+ issues, mental health, immigration, neurodiversity, and physical disabilities. These titles aim to reflect and celebrate a wide range of human experiences, helping readers see themselves and others in stories that promote empathy and understanding.

The Psychological Sciences department's diversity-related teaching resources page offers a wide range of tools to help educators integrate social justice, intersectionality, and anti-prejudice work into their classrooms. It features award-winning action teaching examples, inclusive pedagogical strategies, syllabi, classroom activities, and links to national organizations like Teaching Tolerance and GLSEN, all aimed at fostering equitable, inclusive learning environments.

The book discusses the importance of creating an inclusive curriculum that is responsive to the diverse backgrounds of students and provides guidance on how to develop and implement such a curriculum. The authors also emphasize the importance of culturally-responsive assessment practices in ensuring that all students have an equal opportunity to demonstrate their knowledge and skills. Overall, this book is a valuable resource for educators and administrators seeking to promote equity and inclusivity in education through culturally-responsive practices.

This academic report offers school leaders research-based recommendations on how to achieve a whole-child education, starting with building a positive school environment. The authors suggest implementing restorative practices rather than zero-tolerance policies, engaging with students' families, and creating multi-tiered systems of support to target all student needs.

Explores how educators can integrate social justice principles and critical cultural awareness into early language instruction. It provides strategies for fostering inclusive, equitable learning environments that challenge stereotypes and promote social equity among young learners.

This article describes community walks as student-led with a reading and learning component, using input from students and families. These walks can help build relationships between students, teachers, and the wider community, and lead to greater understanding and empathy.

This brief denotes how school leaders can create safe and belonging school environments, using El Puente Academy in New York City as an exemplary model. Teachers are encouraged to co-develop classroom norms with students, incorporate daily community meetings where the class comes together in a non-academic fashion, and institute ways to appreciate one another, such as through an affirmation wall.

This California Department of Education webpage highlights eight culturally responsive teaching competencies for educators, cited from a New America article. These include highlighting students' cultures in the classroom and collaborating with students' families and the community. Ultimately, these practices encourage teachers to make use of the cultural tools their students add to the classroom.

​The Equity Literacy Institute is dedicated to helping educators and institutions develop the knowledge, skills, and commitment needed to identify, respond to, and eliminate inequities in educational settings. They offer a range of services, including customized professional development, equity coaching, policy analysis, and facilitator training, all grounded in their comprehensive equity literacy framework.

James C. Eslinger outlines how he developed an equity-focused leadership pipeline in Columbus City Schools to prepare principals who can address educational and social disparities. The program supports emerging leaders and emphasizes six critical dispositions—such as self-reflection, confronting inequity, and creating equity-centered systems—based on the New York Leadership Academy framework.