Usable Knowledge What You Can Do To bring multicultural texts to the classroom Posted September 28, 2021 By Usable Knowledge Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Language and Literacy Development Teachers and Teaching In this What You Can Do discussion, Senior Lecturer Pamela Mason, director of the Jeanne Chall Reading Lab, Mason offers several ways to bring multicultural text to the classroom, starting with getting to know your learners, getting to know more BIPOC authors yourself (including following them on social media), and then matching BIPOC authors to students. Usable Knowledge Connecting education research to practice — with timely insights for educators, families, and communities Explore All Articles Related Articles Usable Knowledge Navigating Book Bans A guide for educators as efforts intensify to censor books EdCast Navigating Literacy Challenges, Fostering a Love of Reading With ongoing debates around the best ways to teach reading, what makes for truly effective literacy instruction? Usable Knowledge How Can Teachers Explain Slavery to Students? A summer institute dives into teaching hard histories and tough topics in developmentally appropriate and pedagogically sophisticated ways