Ep. 10: Applying the strategies Black educators used during Jim Crow in Education today
Dr. Sheryl Croft and I discuss her book, "Living the Legacy of African American Education: A Model for University and School Engagement"
DEI is being used as an excuse to get rid of race-based scholarships, cut school funding, eliminate initiatives that encourage the hiring of qualified Black teachers, ban books, erase Black history, and much more.
In a recent episode of the Reading with Rachelle podcast, I sat down with Dr. Sheryl Croft, co-editor of Living the Legacy of African American Education: A Model for University and School Engagement, to discuss one possible solution detailed in her book which helps Black and Brown students: A program called Teaching in the Urban South (TITUS).
TITUS explores the basic premise that if the strategies used by Black educators during Jim Crow were successful in educating millions of students, then why not try some of these strategies today?
It's going to take all of us to change things for the better!
So listen in to learn how TITUS works, its results, and how educators can implement something similar today—plus what non-educators can do to help our students succeed.
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