The impact, importance and value of engaging with different stakeholders and ensuring that your leadership and/or instruction connects students' cultures, languages, and life experience with what they learn in school. Research shows that having at least one Black teacher between 3rd and 5h grades reduces a black student's probability of dropping out by 29%. Being culturally responsive isn't a buzzword rather an opportunity to cultivate meaningful relationships with students and parents, increase student motivation, enthusiasm for learning and academic achievement.
