Nearly all students from low鈥慽ncome households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education.
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Years ago, I worked at a pre-k and we got some baby dolls that were multicultural. I didn鈥檛 think much of it until one little girl, who was from China, stopped dead in her tracks, pointed to the Asian baby doll and shouted, 鈥淟ook! it鈥檚 me! That doll looks like me!鈥 I hadn鈥檛 realized until then how important it was to children to see themselves represented in their classroom environments. Since then, I have always tried to have my classrooms full of materials that alllow every child to exclaim, 鈥淟ook! It鈥檚 me!鈥 Having crayons and pencils in so many skin tones encourages them to express themselves and to feel valued. There is no 鈥渟kin color鈥 crayon鈥攖here are dozens of them!
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Years ago, I worked at a pre-k and we got some baby dolls that were multicultural. I didn鈥檛 think much of it until one little girl, who was from China, stopped dead in her tracks, pointed to the Asian baby doll and shouted, 鈥淟ook! it鈥檚 me! That doll looks like me!鈥 I hadn鈥檛 realized until then how important it was to children to see themselves represented in their classroom environments. Since then, I have always tried to have my classrooms full of materials that alllow every child to exclaim, 鈥淟ook! It鈥檚 me!鈥 Having crayons and pencils in so many skin tones encourages them to express themselves and to feel valued. There is no 鈥渟kin color鈥 crayon鈥攖here are dozens of them!