More than half of students from low‑income households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education.
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The books from this project will go in our classroom library. The culturally diverse books will allow students to better connect to background information because the stories they read will be more relatable to their own lived experiences. They will be able to see themselves in the texts they read.
My hope is that my students become inspired by the Black and Brown heroes and characters they read about. Immediate access to books with characters from diverse backgrounds is critical in creating an environment where all students feel they belong.
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The books from this project will go in our classroom library. The culturally diverse books will allow students to better connect to background information because the stories they read will be more relatable to their own lived experiences. They will be able to see themselves in the texts they read.
My hope is that my students become inspired by the Black and Brown heroes and characters they read about. Immediate access to books with characters from diverse backgrounds is critical in creating an environment where all students feel they belong.