Race, Equity and SEL

Resources on Race, Equity and SEL

Explore these resources for stories, strategies, texts, and approaches for creating more accepting learning environments.

Articles

3 Skills to Discuss Racism with Social Emotional Learning

Lorea Martinez, PhD

Dena Simmons: Without Context, Social-Emotional Learning Can Backfire

Mary Jo Madda

Four Ways Teachers Can Reduce Implicit Bias

Jill Suttie

How Should I Talk about Race in My Mostly White Classroom?

Why Talk About Whiteness?

Emily Chiariello

What White Children Need to Know About Race

Ali Michael and Eleonora Bartoli

A District Profile | Black Lives Matter at School

Maya Lindberg

4 Ways To Plan For Social Emotional Learning And Anti-Racism In Early Elementary

Samantha Song

Antiracism in Social-Emotional Learning: Why It’s Not Enough to Talk the Talk

Tony Weaver, Jr.

Why We Can’t Afford Whitewashed Social-Emotional Learning

Dena Simmons

Three SEL Skills You Need to Discuss Race in Classrooms

Amy L. Eva

Let’s Talk about Racism in Schools

Rick Wormeli

Confronting White Privilege

Katy Swalwell

Race Talk: Engaging Young People in Conversations about Race and Racism

If we aren’t addressing racism, we aren’t addressing trauma

ASCD Guest Blogger

Guides

Teaching Tolerance

Understanding and Confronting White Privilege in Schools: A Journey of Cultural Humility

Charlotte Worsley

Guide for Selecting Anti-Bias Children’s Books

Louise Derman-Sparks

Difficult Conversations: A Self-Assessment

Pursuing Social and Emotional Development Through a Racial Equity Lens: A Call to Action

White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack

Peggy McIntosh

A Guide to Equity and Antiracism for Educators

Hedreich Nichols

Books (Adults)

White Kids Growing Up with Privilege in a Racially Divided America

Riveting stories of how affluent, white children learn about race

Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria

Walk into any racially mixed high school and you will see Black, White, and Latino youth clustered in their own groups. Is this self-segregation a problem to address or a coping strategy?

We Can't Teach What We Don't Know

It speaks to what good teachers know, what they do, and how they embrace culturally responsive teaching. This essential text is widely used in teacher preparation courses and for in-service professional development.

Raising Race Questions: Whiteness and Inquiry in Education (Practitioner Inquiry)

Raising Race Questions invites teachers to use inquiry as a way to develop sustained engagement with challenging racial questions and to do so in community so that they learn how common their questions actually are.