Honoring Black Language: A Path to Inclusive and Effective Structured Literacy

This edWeb podcast is sponsored by CORE Learning. The webinar recording can be accessed here. Too often, Black Language is treated as something to “correct” rather than recognized as a legitimate language system with its own rules, grammar, and structure. This mindset reflects deeply ingrained beliefs and attitudes that not only undermine students’ linguistic heritage but also limit the effectiveness of structured literacy by overlooking the linguistic strengths Black Language-speaking stude...