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Instructional Violence Must End: Keeping the Legacy of A. Wade Boykin Alive

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Banks is the father of multicultural curriculum culturally relevant and affirming content and materials. I consider Dr. Boykin the father of multicultural instruction culturally responsive teaching styles and strategies. Combined and individually, curriculum and/or instruction can traumatize students, in this case Black students.

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Promoting Higher Education for Native Americans in Minnesota

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Communication is key on how the funding works to benefit students.” Our American Indian students can still learn about their history, their language, their culture by the curriculum that we offer, and non-Native students can learn about American Indian people. That is something that identifies this institution for over 30 years.

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From Classrooms to Ballots: Unpacking the Significance of School Boards in the 2024 Elections

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

These positions wield significant influence over local education budgets, curriculum decisions, and the hiring and firing of school leaders. Empower them with tools for effective communication, policy understanding, and community engagement. That reality must be changed today, given the immense power local school boards hold.

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Diverse Students Need Diverse Faculty

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Jessica Enders COD's leaders support staff development to ensure its faculty, administrators, and staff are up-to-date on issues and teaching and learning strategies. The KSU-CCLP is a unique program that prioritizes recruiting women and minorities as future leaders that reflect the demographics of community colleges.

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Championing Student Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As associate director of the university’s Center for Advancement of Teaching, Rahming oversees FSU’s Learning Assistant Program, which has yielded impressive results in helping students excel in some of the school’s high-enrollment, lower-division courses that provide the foundation for learning in late courses. I am still doing my research.

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Why Mental Health Must Be Part of Your School’s Launch Plan

Active Minds

Active Minds’ free programs—like the We Are Active Minds Middle School curriculum and Peer-Powered High School Curriculum —equip schools with the tools to foster that sense of belonging and support right from the start. From elementary to high school, creating a safe space where students can talk openly about mental health is critical.

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Going Back to School Means Increasing Black/Minoritized Family Engagement Too

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

How they are viewed is communicated loudly and clearly, and contributes to families feeling disempowered and discouraged about physically coming to school events and meetings. instruction, teaching styles, learning styles). Topics and people that they want their children to learn about are not taught in the curriculum (e.g.,