Tag: education

• What will it take to rethink the idea of ‘invented illiteracy’ used to characterize Black peoples worldwide?

  Recently, I attended another literacy function and was once again assailed by the insistence of well-intentioned educators on describing large numbers of students as “underperforming” due to their “illiteracy”. I was startled. It occurred to me that even with the insurmountable evidence we now have about students’ holistic literate capacities, there is a dedicated effort…

  Dr. Patriann Smith

  October 8, 2023

  education, literacy, race

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