This week’s recommendation comes from:

Tequila Butler smiling for the camera

Tequila Butler

ELA Fellow

Tequila says, “Lately I’ve been spending a lot of time trying to digest and understand what it really means to deliver a just and equitable education. This article introduces the topic and idea of liberated curriculum and reminds us that all students, including our Black, emergent multi-lingual, LGBTQ+, etc. students, need to see pieces of themselves in the curriculum.”

Liberate Your Curriculum

Michelle Pledger

“How we create and deliver curriculum truly matters. Our curriculum can either transfer content from one repository to another or it can transform young people’s reflections about themselves, others, and the world around them.” – Michelle Pledger, 9th grade teacher and a school transformation coach

First-time book author Michelle Pledger wanted educators to have an accessible, practical way to create liberated education spaces. This excerpt focuses on a liberated curriculum, a curriculum that represents, elevates, honors, and integrates all young peoples’ cultural and linguistic backgrounds and cultural ways of being. Read on to learn more about a liberated curriculum, why it matters, and how to help make it happen.v