More than half of students from low‑income households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education.
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In American Literature this year, we are focusing on literature of dissent. The students are learning how to have a voice in their community by studying American authors who managed to affect great change through their well-crafted words.
In order to do this effectively, it's time to address the unspoken messages we are sending our students through the literature we provide. We promote pride, strength, determination, and hope, but we don't always back it up with our curriculum. In order to succeed, a student must believe in his or her potential, ability, and power. Half of the students in my Junior classes identify as nonwhite. I believe it impossible to foster a belief in the power of their own voice when all the core texts I assign feature white characters.
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In American Literature this year, we are focusing on literature of dissent. The students are learning how to have a voice in their community by studying American authors who managed to affect great change through their well-crafted words.
In order to do this effectively, it's time to address the unspoken messages we are sending our students through the literature we provide. We promote pride, strength, determination, and hope, but we don't always back it up with our curriculum. In order to succeed, a student must believe in his or her potential, ability, and power. Half of the students in my Junior classes identify as nonwhite. I believe it impossible to foster a belief in the power of their own voice when all the core texts I assign feature white characters.