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Culturally responsive and sustaining education is a pedagogical approach that centers students’ knowledge, experiences, and cultures to promote their engagement and learning. Educators who bring a culturally responsive and sustaining lens to their instruction build on students’ backgrounds as key assets in the classroom to encourage intellectual risk-taking and emotional connection to academic content. A key part of being a culturally responsive and sustaining educator is practicing critical self-awareness.

In Part 2 of our educator audiocast series, we spoke to three teachers about their commitment to culturally responsive and sustaining education:
– Francia Pinillos, TRACE Alternative School
– David Flores, Pasadena High School
– Renee Thomas, Marston Middle School

View the transcript from this audiocast

Download the brief