CRT and the Brain-iCRT Episode 2

Welcome to Episode 2 of iCRT! In this episode, I'm diving into Zaretta Hammond's work surrounding Culturally Responsive Teaching and neuroscience. I take a look at her book Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain: Promoting Authentic Engagement and Rigor Among Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students and unpack some really interesting research she presents about culture, the brain, and how we learn.

As promised, and downloaded from her website, here is Hammond's Ready for Rigor framework to give you some more background information on her work and how it integrates into schools.

Hammond's CRT and The Brain website also provides so much information about her research, her Ready for Rigor framework for teaching, and her continued work to help educators better serve their culturally and linguistically diverse students. PLUS there's a reading guide to help you get more out of her book. Check it out!

Finally, here are some very interesting interviews she's done recently on CRT:

Interview on Cult of Pedagogy

Interview on Transformative Principal

Interview on The Teaching Channel

A note about the episode! I got a little weird at the end of the podcast because my kid was stirring in her crib and I was anxiously monitoring to make sure she went back to sleep-which thankfully she did!