Youth & Family Voice

Center for Racial Justice in Education

CRJE’s partnerships with districts, schools, organizations, and community members result in empowered educators and leaders who are better equipped to shift classroom dynamics, re-write curriculum, and redesign institutional policies and practices in support of all students. Sign up on their website for free access to resources for your classroom.

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Healing Centered Engagement: an Overview

This course is an introduction to healing-centered engagement, which is strengths-based, advances a collective view of healing, and re-centers culture as a central feature in well-being. It requires us to shift our thinking a bit. This framework supports the well-being of all students, and especially those whose anxiety is a result of trauma exposure. This course was developed by Dr. Ginwright and his team at Flourish Agenda.

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How Schools Can Tackle Anti-Racism in the Classroom: 5 Powerful Strategies for Teachers

This blog explores five powerful, actionable strategies that teachers can implement to bring anti-racism to life in their classrooms, transform school culture, and become true advocates for change. In today’s increasingly diverse society, classrooms have become microcosms of the larger world. However, systemic racism and unconscious bias still infiltrate the education system—impacting students’ experiences, access to resources, and long-term success. Schools are not immune to racial inequality; they are often where it is most keenly felt. This makes anti racism in the classroom in schools not just a goal—but a necessity.

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HR Toolkit for Racial Equity

This resource comes from W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s work that includes recommended tools and resources for implementing racial equity strategies as part of a human resources function. This resource can be valuable to human resources and culture and equity professionals. It may also be useful to any leader doing internal organizational transformation work in school communities.

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Healing Centered Framework

This framework is designed to articulate what it will require to be a school district that centers healing and wellness in its work. The information aims to clarify what being “healing-centered” looks and feels like for the different members of the CPS community in different roles. It also outlines five different components of a healing-centered district that apply, in unique ways, to each stakeholder.

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Building a Culture of Joyful Learning

Research shows that students who feel known and valued are more prepared to meaningfully engage in learning. Students who experience a sense of belonging have better self-esteem, higher rates of classroom participation, and higher academic achievement (Korpershoek, 2018). As a result of creating a positive school climate for both students and educators, the elementary school featured in this report had the conditions in place to make rapid academic gains. When educators implemented the instructional improvements described in this case study, student proficiency improved dramatically because children were in the right mindset for learning.

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Cultivating Relationships in Secondary Schools

The science of learning and development demonstrates the value of positive relationships for student success and well-being. This brief describes structures that secondary schools can integrate to cultivate conditions that enable healthy attachments to grow. Specifically, it highlights structures that can foster personal teacher–student relationships, including those that create small learning communities, promote safety and belonging, support culturally sustaining and relevant education, and foster student voice and agency. In addition, it describes structures that enable relationship-building between and among staff and families so that relationships can become more fully embedded into a school’s culture and fabric. School structures can create opportunities for relationships to develop, but those structures are only as powerful as the interactions within them.

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