The Importance of Equity in the Classroom

Arab students can also be providing new narratives of modern day Arab students living in America. Equity work is for every single student, whether we like to face it or not, right? We are the only country in the world that has school shootings. Our school shooters are predominantly middle class white affluent young men who feel like they don't belong in schools. They are not black and brown kids. When we create space for kids to write and talk about these things, they're reclaiming their narrative,. There's also a healing power in writing.