EDUC X450.2 - Racial Inequality in K-12 Education

Course Description

This class introduces you to racism, racial inequity in education, and racial justice initiatives in K-12 schools. You will:

• explore the continued manner in which racism manifests in schools today
• strengthen your racial literacy
• develop pedagogical tools to create culturally sustaining classrooms towards racial equity.

You will also learn to understand the connection between theory and your classroom practice.

Learner Outcomes

• Participants will have a stronger structural analysis of racism in K-12 schools.
• Participants will have stronger language and tools to discuss and address racism in schools.
• Participants will have a developed approach to culturally sustaining teaching.
• Participants will reflect on how to best implement the California Department of Education’s Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum.

Applies Towards the Following Certificates

• Ethnic Studies Education : Required