Course Schedule

Date Topic
Feb 4

Week 1

Course overview & Introductions
Feb 12

Week 2

Critical Race Theory in Education

Watch: Gloria Ladson-Billings’ Talk

DUE THIS CLASS:

Ladson-Billings & Tate (1995); Dixson & Rousseau Anderson (2018)

Feb 18

Week 3

No synchronous class – Select & watch a “savior” educator film 
Feb 25

Week 4

 

Womanist & Black Feminist notions of care**

DUE THIS CLASS:

Beauboeuf-Lafontant (2002); Wilson (2015); Bass (2012); Witherspoon & Arnold (2010)

Mar 4

Week 5

 

The Black principalship & Culturally Responsive/Relevant Leadership**

Watch: Vanessa Siddle Walker’s Talk

DUE THIS CLASS:

Lomotey (1993); Tillman (2004); Horsford, Grosland & Gunn (2011); Khalifa, Gooden & Davis (2016)

Mar 11

Week 6

2hrs

Freire, Love, Hope & Care**

Project check-in 1

 

DUE THIS CLASS:

Miller, Brown & Hopson (2011); Freire (2005); Darder (2002); Rivera-McCutchen (2019)

Mar 18

Week 7

Critical (Race) Caring**

Watch: Parent Power

DUE THIS CLASS:

1 page project outline/description

Antrop-González & De Jesús (2006); Rolón-Dow (2005); Curry (2016); Rivera-McCutchen (2012); Tichnor-Wagner & Allen (2016)

Mar 25

Week 8

2hrs

Guest Speaker

Project Check-in (Hour 2)

 

DUE THIS CLASS:

Rivera-McCutchen (2020)

OPTIONAL Bowman (2019) Chapter 2 (or full dissertation, if you like)

Apr 8

Week 9

6:30-6:50 Project Q&A;

6:50-7:30 Individual Mtgs (by appt, as needed)

Apr 15

Week 10

Counterstories as Radical Care**

Watch: Choose at least THREE of the clips from the documentary “The Graduates/Los Graduados

DUE THIS CLASS:

Yosso (2005); Rodela & Rodriguez-Mojica (2020)

Apr 22

Week 11

2hrs

“Thank you nice White lady” (or Film Critiques)

 

DUE THIS CLASS:

Come prepared to discuss the film you watched and how radical care is/isn’t reflected in the film.

NO READING RESPONSE DUE

Apr 29

Week 12

Hope and healing**

Watch: Jeff Duncan Andrade Equality or Equity

DUE THIS CLASS:

Ginwright (2011); Cammarota (2011); Duncan-Andrade (2009)

May 6

Week 13

Reimagining Schools

DUE THIS CLASS:

Reading TBD

May 13

Week 14

Sharing projects (creative portion) & Course wrap-up

NO READING RESPONSE DUE