Sankofa Pedagogies: Designing and Implementing Reparative Black Studies Curricula

Session Type: Invited Speaker Session

Abstract

In this presidential session, we will discuss what educators need to know to teach a Black Studies curriculum in public secondary schools. Panelists - including researchers, a historian, and classroom and community-based educators from across the country - will share research and practice-based insights into how Black studies and reparations foster liberatory learning spaces and cultivate cultural consciousness among students and educators. This session will also explore the enabling and constraining policies around implementing Black studies at the state and district levels. In this session, we will highlight research findings, lessons from the curriculum development process and implementation across contexts.

Sub Unit

• AERA Presidential Session

Chairs

• Tolani Britton, University of California - Berkeley

• Hilary E. Walker, University of California - Berkeley

Panelists

• Sonya Douglass, Teachers College, Columbia University

• Latosha Guy, King Drew Magnet School

• Michael Hines, Stanford University

• Shaunté Yvette Hill, Santa Clara University

• Joyce E. King, Georgia State University

• Jeremy Martin, University of California - Berkeley

• Jacquelyn Ollison, University of the Pacific

• Mauro Sifuentes, University of San Francisco

• Hilary E. Walker, University of California - Berkeley

• Honey Walrond, University of California - Berkeley