If the curriculum we use to teach our children does not connect in positive ways to the culture young people bring to school, it is doomed to failure. — Lisa Delpit Copy Share Image
We do not really see through our eyes or hear through our ears, but through our beliefs. To put our beliefs on hold is to cease to exist as ourselves for a moment -- and that is not easy ...… — Lisa Delpit Copy Share Image
“Currently, “minority” students represent a majority in all but two of our twenty-five largest cities, and by some estimates, the turn of the century… — Lisa Delpit Copy Share Image
When one 'we' gets to determine standards for all 'we's' then some 'we's' are in trouble. — Lisa Delpit Copy Share Image
Progressive white teachers seem to say to their black students 'Let me help you find your voice. I promise not to criticize one note… — Lisa Delpit Copy Share Image
“If there’s someone who doesn’t understand what I’m teaching, I try to understand who they are. A” — Lisa Delpit Copy Share Image
If the curriculum we use to teach our children does not connect in positive ways to the culture young people bring to school, it… — Lisa Delpit Copy Share Image
We do not really see through our eyes or hear through our ears, but through our beliefs. — Lisa Delpit Copy Share Image
We do not really see through our eyes or hear through our ears, but through our beliefs. To put our beliefs on hold is… — Lisa Delpit Copy Share Image
Those with power are frequently least aware of -- or least willing to acknowledge -- its existence [and] those with less power are often… — Lisa Delpit Copy Share Image
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