Cultivating Genius: An Equity Framework For Culturally and Historically Responsive Literacy

Muhammad's Historically Responsive Literacy Framework is essentialfor all students, especially youth of colour, who traditionallyhave been marginalized in learning standards, school policies,and classroom practices.The framework promotes four learning goals-or pursuits: identitydevelopment, skill development, intellectual development, criticality.It is a work of considerablestrength and raises significant questions for all white practitionersto ask themselves about their unconscious biases.Rachel Clarke, IndependentReading Consultant