Posted on November 30, 2023 Leave a Comment
Back in September, I had an amazing opportunity to sit down with Dr. Sheldon Eakins, founder of the Leading Equity Center and the podcast Leading Equity. In this episode, I share how to identify non-dominant cultural behaviors students in our schools engage in that are often misinterpreted by teachers as problem behaviors. We discuss strategies […]
Posted on December 28, 2020
Favorite Holiday Poster Projects Aren’t Inclusion By Rachael Mahmoodtolerance.org — “Mom, why doesn’t Santa come to our house?”I was in the middle of teaching my own remote class when my kindergartner interrupted my instruction with this question. While I understand that these questions are inevitable for our Muslim family, I was surprised to hear it so early […]
Posted on October 14, 2020
You Can’t Be Culturally Responsive Without Being Responsive By: Dr. Rachael Mahmood When I first learned about multicultural education in college, I was very excited to start including my students’ backgrounds in the lessons I taught. I, too, come from cultures that aren’t often included in curricular stories or histories. I eagerly searched for books that […]