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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All students need to see themselves represented in books, posters and even the tools that they use at school. Most children have access to only brown and peach crayons when making self-portraits or stories about their lives and their families.
These two colors don't accurately represent the "rainbow of us".
The colored pencils that match their skin and hair colors build their excitement for their true skin color and give them the chance to create more accurate illustrations of themselves. When you read the book, The Colors of Us to kids, they think about diverse skin colors in a fun, relatable way. They hear words like "cinnamon" and "french toast" used to connect to the neighbors in the story but also then begin to make connections to real people in their lives.
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All students need to see themselves represented in books, posters and even the tools that they use at school. Most children have access to only brown and peach crayons when making self-portraits or stories about their lives and their families.
These two colors don't accurately represent the "rainbow of us".
The colored pencils that match their skin and hair colors build their excitement for their true skin color and give them the chance to create more accurate illustrations of themselves. When you read the book, The Colors of Us to kids, they think about diverse skin colors in a fun, relatable way. They hear words like "cinnamon" and "french toast" used to connect to the neighbors in the story but also then begin to make connections to real people in their lives.