10 Questions with Dr. Gloria Ladson-Billings on Building Culturally Relevant Schools

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Very clear and articulate explanation of the purpose of CRP.

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Urban to me refers to the inner-city residence and is a sociological term only. Sociology discusses the relationship of dwelling in cities living in crowded and complex environments. As Dr. Billings said it exists in every country in the world.

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To this point about behavior compliance around 43 minutes, there are also very well educated teachers and professors that come from a time where strict adherence to compliance far outweighed any efforts at real social emotional learning. Teachers of all races come from such settings, when any questioning of authority resulted in disciplinary actions. That same trauma can be translated into the classrooms of today, with debilitating effects like the yoga example mentioned.