num_pages: 278
description: Do you know how to initiate and facilitate productive dialogues about race in your classroom? Are you prepared to handle complex topics while keeping your students engaged?Inspired by Frederick Douglass's abolitionist call to action it is not light that is needed but fire author Matthew Kay demonstrates how to move beyond surface-level discussions and lead students through the most difficult race conversations. In Not Light But How to Lead Meaningful Race Conversations in the Classroom Kay recognizes we often never graduate to the harder conversations so he offers a method for getting them right providing candid guidance With the right blend of reflection and humility Kay asserts teachers can make school one of the best venues for young people to discuss race.
language: English
title: Not Light, but Fire: How to Lead Meaningful Race Conversations in the Classroom
publisher: Stenhouse Publishers