Classroom communities for everyone.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Stroupe, David, ; Berk, Lindsay, ; Kramer, Anna,
- Source
- Phi Delta Kappan; Mar2024, Vol. 105 Issue 6, p32-37, 6p, 1 Color Photograph, 2 Cartoon or Caricatures
- Subject
- Teachers
Student attitudes
Classrooms
Science classrooms
Emotional trauma
- Language
- ISSN
- 00317217
This document emphasizes the importance of creating equitable learning communities in schools and disrupting epistemic injustice. It highlights the role of teachers and administrators in shaping classroom communities and empowering students to contribute to knowledge production. The document suggests three big ideas for reimagining schools as communities where all students are producers of knowledge, including codesigning classroom communities and building relationships with students. It provides examples from middle school classrooms to illustrate these ideas and concludes by emphasizing the need to prioritize students' cultural identities and experiences in the classroom. The document encourages educators to make immediate and long-term changes to create a more inclusive and equitable learning environment. [Extracted from the article]