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mitskacir's review
3.0
This book was a short and easy read, and I recommend it to anyone looking for an introduction to culturally responsive teaching. There was a lot of interesting content that I can easily relate to my experiences in the classroom, and helped give me some clarity. For example, how common it is for students to respond to challenging material by shutting down and why this might be a natural response. It even gave me some thoughts on how to help these students build the tools necessary to allow them to engage with challenging material. The framing of students as independent and dependent learners especially was helpful in working my mindset away from a deficit-based one. I would say that there was a lot of this book that I didn't find very helpful - with all the learning I've done about culturally responsive teaching, my biggest gripe is still that it seems very easy to stereotype, assume, and tokenize when approaching teaching through this lens, which is exactly the opposite of the goal.
brittany_anne_holloway's review
5.0
Every teacher should read this book. As a student teacher, this is heavily influencing how I plan to run my classroom
brotherguben's review
5.0
This book is essential for any educator. Hammond’s precise, purpose-driven writing and clear layout make it both digestible and impactful. I leave inspired and regretting the areas of my teaching that aren’t as effective as they could be. Hammond’s message is clear: Culturally responsive teaching means building independence in children who have been trained as dependent learners. This mission gives me energy and focus as I look ahead to the next year of my teaching. And hopefully, its influence will seep into my current work as well.
beccakatz's review
5.0
Every teacher needs to read this. Honestly I just think all people need to read this.
chloekg's review
2.0
The brain science is mostly less informative than a Wikipedia article if not blatantly incorrect. Some good practices and reminders, but those could be shared in 14-20 pages instead of ~180.