Digital curriculum, an answer to equity? An Open Letter to Dr. Ibram X. Kendi
I was prompted to write this after watching the closing keynote address Dr. Ibram X. Kendi gave at UnboundEd’s July 2019 Standards Institute conference. A video of his lecture, “An Argument Between Racist and Anti-Racist Ideas, can be viewed here. Dr. Kendi is a professor of history and international relations at American University. He received the National Book Award for Stamped From the Beginning and considerable acclaim for his new book, How To Be An Anti-Racist.
Take a moment to set the foundation for teaching & learning this year by listening to @DrIbram 's Keynote Speech from the 2019 @unboundedu Summer Standards Inst. It will frame/reframe why we we must confront racist policies & be antiracist educators✊🏾https://t.co/CwB65r6Nin— Elicia Bennett (@eliciat_b) August 12, 2019
UnboundEd is a Brooklyn-based non-profit founded in 2016 that promotes standards-aligned (Common Core) educational content based on EngageNY curriculum modules. The organization hosts two conferences annually, Standards Institutes, that attract over 1,000 educators.
Its primary funders are the Gates Foundation, Chan Zuckerberg, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Carnegie Corporation, and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. The latter has been a primary force advancing Open Educational Resources (OER, mostly digital) and has used its considerable philanthropic CONTINUE READING: Digital curriculum, an answer to equity? An Open Letter to Dr. Ibram X. Kendi – Wrench in the Gears
