Know Your Resources and Advice

·         Talk to teachers at school from same ethnicity

·         Talk to parents and build relationships with them (pg. 45)

·         Allow Black parents, teachers of color, and members of the poor communities to participate fully in discussion of what kind of instruction is in their children's best interest (pg. 47)

·          Remember people are experts on their own lives (pg. 47)

·         Both sides need to listen and learn

·         Ask students. Find out their strengths and utilize them

·         Use materials the present differing viewpoints: literature, resources, articles, videos, etc.

·         Seek professional development from various sources

·         Understand your own power and hear what people really say is the most powerful and empowering coalescence (pg. 47)

·         Provide a variety of assessments

·         Realize importance of context (pg. 93)

·         There are no "best practices"

·         Don't assume or stereotype (pg. 107)

·         Don't isolate (pg. 123)

·         Diversify faculties (pg. 123)

·         Teaching should begin with a relationship (pg. 139)

·         Take into account local norms about handling conflict, how respect is earned, and how discipline is maintained (pg. 142)

·         Assessments (pg. 146)

·         Accept that alternative worldviews exist (pg. 150)

·         Empower students (pg. 164)

·         Build a relationship with students outside of school to gain knowledge of and recognize their strengths, then utilize them in the classroom (pg. 172)

·         Teaching struggling students more, not less. See all students' potentials (pg. 173)

·         Overcome Eurocentric curriculum (pg. 181)

·         ASK and LISTEN!!! Seek a variety of diverse opinions!!!