Perspectives on the Role of Consortium Educators in Preserving and Promoting Democracy
- Takiema Bunche-Smith (Moderator), Executive Director, Center of Culture, Race & Equity, Bank Street College of Education; teacher, teacher educator, curriculum director, and parent activist; parent of a Consortium student
- Taina Camacho, MHC-LP, CASAC-T, NCC; Substance Abuse Counselor, New Directions Alcoholism & Substance Abuse Treatment; Consortium graduate and parent of a Consortium student
- Jesse Hagopian, History and Ethnic Studies teacher and co-adviser to the Black Student Union at Garfield High School in Seattle, Washington–the site of the historic boycott of the MAP test in 2013.
- Stan Karp, Director, Secondary Reform Project, Education Law Center; Editor, Rethinking Schools; and 30 year veteran English and Journalism teacher in Paterson, NJ
Resources From Our Panelists
From Takiema Bunche-Smith (tbunchesmith@bankstreet.edu):
- Spot the Difference by Ki, Woke Kindergarten
- This Land is Native Land, Thunderbirds Raised Her
- Takiema’s work with the NYC Opt-Out (of High Stakes Testing) movement
- From Achievement Gap to Education Debt, by Gloria Ladson-Billings
- Anti-Blackness and the Way Forward for K-12 Schooling (article, Brookings)
- Mapping the Margins: Intersectionality, Identity Politics, and Violence against Women of ColorAuthor(s): Kimberle Crenshaw– article where she defines intersectionality
From Stan Karp:
From Jesse Hagopian:
- Black Lives Matter at School: An Uprising for Educational Justice (co-editor)
- Excerpt: Making Black Lives Matter at School
- Teaching for Black Lives (co-editor)
Additional publications:
Takiema Bunche-Smith
- Feeling and dealing: Teaching White students about racial privilege
- Community Empowerment and Change in Early Childhood: Education diplomacy within a United States context
Jesse Hagopian
Stan Karp