Many years ago, as the author of Anti-Bias Curriculum: Tools for Empowering Young Children, I was invited to serve on an advisory board for Scholastic to help them produce books for young children that accurately and respectfully depicted the many forms of diversity in our country. With the publication of President Donald Trump, Scholastic is …
Discussion Questions for Educators By Louise Derman-Sparks and Julie Olsen Edwards The successful, collective effort that resulted in the recall of A Birthday Cake for George Washington, a young children’s book that offered an inaccurate, sugarcoated version of the realities of slavery, brings up another important conversation for the early childhood community staff, families, and social justice activists. This …
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Louise Derman-Sparks Responds to Scholastic
Posted: July 3, 2018 by Mykella
Many years ago, as the author of Anti-Bias Curriculum: Tools for Empowering Young Children, I was invited to serve on an advisory board for Scholastic to help them produce books for young children that accurately and respectfully depicted the many forms of diversity in our country. With the publication of President Donald Trump, Scholastic is …
Category: 2018, News, News Articles Tags: #StepUpScholastic, early childhood, Louise Derman-Sparks
When and How to Talk with Young Children about Enslavement:
Posted: January 21, 2016 by Allison Acosta
Discussion Questions for Educators By Louise Derman-Sparks and Julie Olsen Edwards The successful, collective effort that resulted in the recall of A Birthday Cake for George Washington, a young children’s book that offered an inaccurate, sugarcoated version of the realities of slavery, brings up another important conversation for the early childhood community staff, families, and social justice activists. This …
Category: 2016, News, News Articles, Page Substitutes Tags: anti-bias, Julie Olsen Edwards, Louise Derman-Sparks, slavery, young children