Some teachers mentioned they have had issues with students or even other adults not respecting a child’s gender expression. Gender feuds, or a “boys versus girls” vibe, are listed as developmentally appropriate, but we examined why it exists in the first place and ways in which we can break the cycle and move beyond the binary, pulling from Women’s History Month as one reference point. The group then discussed gender in elementary school. Providing resources is an important step, but there is deeper work to reflect on and dismantle your own biases that needs to be done in conjunction with teaching children.
One educator shared that their school purchased Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You for all 5th and 6th graders but did not work with the staff on their own biases. Participants considered who talks about race in their schools, how it is talked about, and what people’s reactions are when the topic of race comes up. In Florida, the Broward County school district taught Singleton’s techniques to all educators. The Knowledge subgroup shared an episode of the MindShift podcast that discusses Glenn Singleton’s Courageous Conversations About Race, which provides ground rules for talking about race to achieve equity in schools. They are also creating a contact sheet based on our previous organizing efforts on Jamboard. The Toolkit subgroup is turning collaborative Jamboards we made in meetings into typed documents in order to make them more accessible. To begin the meeting, subgroups presented what they have done since connecting last month. On March 29th, the Elementary working group gathered to connect and discuss Women’s History Month and how gender and racial biases are confronted in our schools.
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