G. Funmilayo and tenured educator Iya Osundamisi Fafunke discuss article, The Promise of Black Teachers’ Success with Black Students.

Folks to Know
1) Geneva Gay
2) bell hooks
3) Michele Foster
4) Paulo Freire

What to Read
1) Milner IV, H. R. (2006). The Promise of Black Teachers' Success with Black Students. Educational Foundations, 20, 89-104.
2) Freire, P. (2018). Pedagogy of the oppressed. Bloomsbury publishing USA.
3) Hooks, B. (2014). Teaching to transgress. Routledge.
4) Gay, G. (2018). Culturally responsive teaching: Theory, research, and practice. Teachers College Press.
5) Fay, J., & Funk, D. (1995). Teaching with love and logic: Taking control of the classroom. Love and Logic Press, Inc., 2207 Jackson Street, Golden, CO 80401.
6) Cline, F., & Fay, J. (2014). Parenting with love and logic: Teaching children responsibility. Tyndale House.
7) Weiner, L., & Compton, M. (Eds.). (2008). The global assault on teaching, teachers, and their unions: Stories for resistance. Springer.

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