Teachers and education leaders often talk about the lack of appropriate representation of students of color in their teachers and the school environment in general. Dr. Valerie Adams-Bass from the University of Virginia takes us through some ways we can address this problem in our schools, the role the media plays in the issue, and how teacher preparation programs play their part.


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Links to Resources from the Show:


Video Podcast 🔴 https://youtube.com/channel/focusonk12

Dr. Valerie Adams-Bass's Twitter 🔴 https://www.twitter.com/dradamsbass     

Teaching Scared Article 🔴 https://socialequity.duke.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Bentley-edwards-2020-Teaching-scared-pre-service-teacher.pdf      

Dr. Adams-Bass Personal Page 🔴 https://www.valerienadams.com/   

Doug Konopelko's Twitter 🔴 https://www.twitter.com/dkonopelko   

Focus On K-12 Page 🔴 http://www.focusonk12.com      

CDW-G 🔴 https://www.cdwg.com/

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