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This article outlines strategies for educuators to incoporate diverse texts into their teaching practice. These strategies include discussing the importance of perspective, building background knowledge, taking on another point of view, comparing and contrasting, and connecting to the world now.

This article lists four important guidelines on how to use culturally responsive teaching in the classroom. Teachers and school learders are instructed to identify students assets such as language, culture and cultural values, students prior knowledge, interests, strengths; examine the curriculum, creating supportive classroom environment. The authors also urges the teachers to continue their own learning.

In this publication, the three authors discusses the intricate relationship between Mathematics education and student identity emphasizing the need for teachers to engage in critical reflection and embrace equity-based practices

This resource provides guidance and specific strategies for creating a culturally-responsive system, such as building cultural competence, engaging families and communities, and creating a culturally-responsive curriculum. The chapter is a useful resource for educators and administrators who seek to promote equity and inclusivity in education through culturally-responsive practices.

Integrating Culturally Responsive Teaching (CRT) and Trauma-Informed Practices (TIP) helps create supportive and inclusive classroom environments, especially for students from marginalized backgrounds. CRT values students' cultural identities and adapts teaching methods to foster belonging, while TIP focuses on recognizing and addressing the impact of trauma on students' learning and behavior. Combining both approaches creates safe, engaging classrooms where students feel validated and empowered. Key strategies include creating safe spaces, building trust, integrating diverse learning materials, and fostering emotional regulation skills. Teachers also need to maintain positive language, encourage restorative practices, and collaborate with families to understand and support students' needs.

This webinar equips teachers with strategies to interrupt bias in the classroom. Teachers should first acknowledge their positionality, overcome their fear of speaking up when they witness hate or bias in the classroom, and create a safe and brave environment for their students. The webinar includes language for teachers to use when they hear an offensive remark, and strategies to facilitate a strong sense of community in the classroom.

​In the video Interrupting Hate & Bias in School, Dr. Tina Ellsworth discusses strategies for educators to recognize and address hate and bias within educational settings. She emphasizes the importance of creating inclusive environments, promoting equity, and implementing culturally responsive teaching practices to support all students.

It provides practical information on how to implement critical literacy in the classroom, including the use of diverse texts and perspectives, critical questioning, and meaningful dialogue. The article also highlights the importance of teachers engaging in critical literacy themselves to model the process for their students.

This article outlines how to use a student-centered learning approach in the context of assessments. The article highlights the importance of relationships, students' stories, and community civic engagement in informing how to make performance assessments culturally responsive. Examples such as high school senior student portfolio assessments are used as a model.

It provides information on how educators can apply insights from neuroscience to create a more culturally responsive approach to teaching, including the importance of building positive relationships with students, incorporating culturally relevant materials and experiences into the curriculum, and providing opportunities for students to engage in hands-on and experiential learning.

Professor Mark Ellis of California State University discusses Culturally Responsive Mathematics Teaching(CRMT) which is a framework requiring teachers to create learning environments focused on Mathematical sense making in which students feel valued for who they are, for their ways of engaging in mathmatical reasoning, and for their contributions to the collective success of those within the classroom. He suggests that CRMT requires teachers to (re)consider the mathematics learning environment they've created and how well it reflects the following four elements: supporting deep learning; engaging and valuing identities; sharing authority; and Applying mathematics.

The website "Learning for Justice" provides a wide range of resources and tools for educators to promote equity and inclusion in K-12 schools. It offers free resources such as lesson plans, articles, and webinars that focus on topics such as anti-bias education, social and emotional learning, and culturally responsive teaching. The resources are designed to help educators create classrooms that value diversity and support the needs of all students.

The 15-minute video is an example how continuous professional learning has helped the Math teacher to incorporate participatory, and relevant concrete examples to students experiences to enable them understand intergers.

This is a document also provides recommendation for incorporating culturally responsive teaching strategies in Math. The recommendations include consideration of students idenities in the classroom, starting with essential questions, representing Math and engaging students with Math in diverse ways and ending with a student-directed projects.

Math Teacher Lounge, hosted by Bethany Lockhart Johnson (former elementary school educator) and Dan Meyer (former math educator and current Desmos Chief Academic Officer), is a podcast primarily designed for math educators, providing tips and discussions about teaching strategies, math pedagogy, and real-world applications of math.