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 Ed. Magazine How Do We Get — and Keep — More Asian American Male Teachers? New York City initiative cofounded by alum finishes first year trying to do just this. Usable Knowledge Talking Race in the Suburbs Discussing race in classes where white students outnumber students of color? Strategize, acknowledge, and check in