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Over the years educator activists who have worked with NYCoRE to struggle for social change have developed resources for teachers, parents, and youth. Below are a few resources that have been developed.
Transforming Mainstream Curriculum into Social Justice Teaching
Created by the Transofmring Mainstream Curriculum into Social Justice Teaching ItAG, this resource includes
a collaborative definition of social justice, a unit plan template and model for a social justice unit, and
best practices of social justice teaching. A list of references is included.
Media Resources
This is a project generated by the members of the ITAG (Inquiry to Action Group), Combatting the Banking Mentality: Integrating
Media and Youth Culture into the Classroom in the Winter of 2009, facilitated by Kahlil Almustafa
and Charan P. Morris. This wiki has been created to help log and update media resources that we
have found to be useful in our teaching practice, as we seek to integrate media and youth culture
into our classrooms. See something you like? Use it! Have a resource to add? Add it!
Resources for English Language Learners
NYCoRE's Making Schools Responsive to Immigrant Youth Inquiry to Action Group (ItAG) created resources for parents and teachers of young people who are English Language Learners (ELLs). You can download PDF versions below.
Language and Power: Voices from the ESL Classroom
Produced by the "How can we better serve the English language learner student population in New York City public schools?" ItAG.
Articles & Research
Gangstas, Wankstas, and Ridas- defining, developingm and supporting effective teachers in
urban schools
"Drawing from three years of research in the classroom of four highly effective
elementary and secondary teachers in South Los Angeles, this article considers theories of
teaching in urban contexts by examining effective practices in urban classrooms. It outlines
an original framework of five indicators of effective teaching in urban schools and uses
examples from practice to illustrate those indicators and their relationship to increased
achievement. Finally it discusses possibilities for better preparation and development
of teachers in these areas of their practice."
Obama and My Classroom
Below are some of the resources that we've used to analyze some of the pieces of the Obama
Administration's education agenda. NYCoRE members came together and discussed the impacts that such
policies currently or will impact our classrooms.
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