Culturally Responsive Practices

Resources addressing national guidance, school climate, discipline, and factors that may influence differential outcomes in identification or placement. 

• US DOE School Climate and Discipline
• Webinar Series from the Wisconsin DOE addressing Disproportionality in Special Education

Research and tools that explore how school climate, classroom environment, and instructional consistency relate to student engagement and success. 

• Dr. Renae Azziz, Supporting Student Success through Culturally Responsive Practice
• Using School Climate Data to Promote Safe, Supportive Learning Environments

Resources that support effective communication and partnerships between schools and families. 

• Building Culturally Responsive Family-School Relationships by Ellen S. Amatea, University of Florida

Guidance on building instructional environments where students with varied backgrounds and learning needs can participate and succeed.

• Making Inclusive Education Work
• The Equity Alliance webinar series on creating inclusive classrooms

Resources on instructional strategies, learning environments, and supports that enhance student engagement and accurate referral practices. 

• Multiculturalism and teaching diversity in the classroom
• National Center for Culturally Responsive Educational Systems
• National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments
• NYU Steinhardt: Metropolitan Center for Urban Education
• PBIS Cultural Responsiveness Field Guide: Resources for Trainers and Coaches
• Teaching Diverse Learners
• Teaching Tolerance

Tools for understanding how automatic associations may affect decision-making in instructional, behavioral, and evaluation contexts. 

• Project Implicit: Implicit Association Test

Video resources exploring instructional decision-making, bias, schemas, and factors that influence real-world outcomes.

• Implicit Bias, Lifelong Impact (how implicit bias impacts us)
• Implicit Bias Video Series from BruinX, the R&D unit within UCLA's Office of Equity, Diversity and InclusionLessons 1: Schemas discusses schemas, which are mental short-cuts that help us navigate the world around us.
• Lesson 2: Attitudes and Stereotypes explores the differences between two primary categories of automatic associations: attitudes and stereotypes.
• Lesson 3: Real World Consequences explores findings that implicit biases can influence our real world behavior.
• Lesson 4: Explicit v. Implicit Bias discusses the differences between explicit and implicit bias.
• Lesson 5: The IAT discusses the Implicit Association Test ("IAT") and the wealth of data it has generated.
• Lesson 6: Countermeasures discusses three primary strategies for countering implicit bias: (1) mindset; (2) de-biasing; (3) decoupling.
• What Would You Do? Bike Theft (White Guy, Black Guy, Pretty Girl)

Evidence-based guidance and frameworks that support effective teaching and positive learning climates. 

• Culturally Responsive Teaching: A Guide to Evidence-Based Practices for Teaching All Students Equitably
• Guiding Principles: A Resource Guide for Improving School Climate and Discipline

Foundational literature relevant to instructional practices, family engagement, and district-level systems review. 

• Adams, M., Bell, L.A., & Griffin, P. (2007). Teaching for Diversity and Social Justice. New York City, NY: Routledge.
• Eber, L., Upreti, G. & Rose, J. (2010). Addressing Ethnic Disproportionality in School Discipline through Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS). Building Leadership, 17(8).
• Goodwin, A. L. & Hope, S. (2002). Culturally Responsive Parental Involvement: Concrete Understandings and Basic Strategies. Washington, D.C.: American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education. Available at: https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED472940.pdf
• McKibben, S. (2016). Charting a Course to Transgender Inclusion. Education Update, 58(1), 2. Available at: http://www.ascd.org/publications/newsletters/education-update/jan16/vol58/num01/Charting-a-Course-to-Transgender-Inclusion.aspx
• O’Hara, N., Munk, T. E., Reedy, K., and D’Agord, C. Equity, Inclusion, and Opportunity: Addressing Success Gaps White Paper (Version 3.0). (2016). IDEA Data Center. Rockville, MD: Westat. Available at: https://ideadata.org/sites/default/files/media/documents/2017-09/success_gaps_white_paper.pdf