Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

A Brief History of Culturally Responsive Teaching in Arizona

Arizona is an incredibly unique state for many reasons. Geographically, we have everything from desert to coniferous forests. The...

Closing the Achievement Gap Through Culturally Responsive Teaching

Culturally responsive teaching connects students’ lived experiences with what they learn in school. These connections help all students...

Leapfrogging in Education to Narrow the Achievement Gap

“If we teach students the same way as yesterday, we rob them of tomorrow.” -John Dewey One of my most significant concerns as an educator...

Why Didactic Pedagogy Doesn’t Work When Teaching Racial Justice (and What Does)

Didactic education is a teaching style where information is presented directly to students by a teacher. The teacher chooses the topic...

First-Generation College Students: Intersectional Support for an Intersectional Demographic

The identities of first-generation college students are complex. There is no agreed-upon definition of what qualifies a student as...