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Episode 105: “Reading and Resilience” with Cornelius Minor

In this episode, Ricky and Cornelius Minor talk about the importance of educators co-constructing communities along with their students so that the classroom culture more intentionally reflects the shared humanity, authenticity, and experience of each person — educator and student — in the class. 

In this episode, Ricky and Cornelius Minor talk about the importance of educators co-constructing communities along with their students.

Cornelius Minor is a Brooklyn-based educator. He works with teachers, school leaders, and leaders of community-based organizations to support equitable literacy reform in cities (and sometimes villages) across the globe. His 2018 book, We Got This: Equity, Access, and the Quest to Be Who Our Students Need Us to Be, explores how the work of creating more equitable school spaces is embedded in our everyday choices — specifically in the choice to really listen to kids. He has been featured in Education Week, Brooklyn Magazine, and Teaching Tolerance Magazine. He has partnered with The Teachers College Reading and Writing Project, The New York City Department of Education, The International Literacy Association, and Lesley University’s Center for Reading Recovery and Literacy Collaborative.  

Related Resources 

The Minor Collective 

The Dreamkeepers: Successful Teachers of African American Children – Gloria Ladson-Billings 

Troublemakers: Lessons in Freedom from Young Children at School – Carla Shalaby 

Teaching Reading to Black Adolescent Males: Closing the Achievement Gap – Alfred Tatum 

Twitter: @MisterMinor  

Instagram: corneliusminor  

 

 

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