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“They’re Not Too Young to Talk About Race: The Science of Early Racial Learning" by EmbraceRace
"... a 2020 research study showed that adults generally underestimate how early children start to notice and process race. On average, their estimates are off by about 4.5 years. The research literature shows us that children begin to distinguish faces by race early in infancy and that racial biases are often formed by the preschool and kindergarten years. Plus, the age at which adults think children are capable of processing race influences when they are willing to engage children in conversations about race. Recent studies suggest that the average adult believes that a first conversation about race should occur around the time children turn 5 years old." - Christina Rucinski, from EmbraceRace's 2023 Reflections on Racial Learning
"Positively Changing the Culture and Climate of Schools" by The Rowland Foundation
"While culture and climate are closely related, they are not the same thing. Culture consists of the shared values, expectations, and ways of being in a school community. Climate is the way members of the school community perceive and experience these norms... Culture and climate can be seen, heard, and felt everywhere in a school. Culture and climate show up in the messages and artwork on the walls, and in the way physical spaces are laid out, assigned, and controlled. You can tell a school’s culture and climate by hearing how students speak to each other, how teachers and students interact, and how the “support staff” are addressed." - Rowland Foundation Philosophy of Education
Read more: https://therowlandfoundation.org/philosophy/
