Publisher's Synopsis
"Through their work to make systems-level changes with hundreds of educators, authors Jacobe Bell and Reshma Ramkellawan have come to deeply understand the challenges educators and students face and the need for educational justice and authenticity. In Reclaiming Authenticity: Unearth Your True Self and Build an Equitable Classroom, Bell and Ramkellawan prompt K-12 teachers to meaningfully evaluate inequitable, unjust educational systems that cause harm. Readers of this transformative guide will reflect on how such structures have shaped their own perspectives, identities, teaching, and interactions and embrace their complex, authentic selves. Educators will question current methods' impact; identify unintentionally harmful practices; and move to make authenticity the focal point of the classroom. In this way, educators will be equipped to enact meaningful, manageable changes to themselves, their classrooms, and the. broader educational
