The guidebook and its companion podcast
Centering the Margins, details how educators can teach and discuss contentious issues in the classroom by offering practical strategies, suggestions, and evidence-based practices.
The guidebook and podcast were featured by Duke University. The guidebook is in the University’s library collection as a teaching and learning resource for students and faculty.
“Covering topics including race, gender identity, sexual orientation, and visual literacy—these tools are here to empower educators and students to positively change their local environment, practices, systems, and institutions.”
This 116-page guidebook spans nine chapters and is tailored to all educators who want to better address contentious issues in the classroom and beyond. The guidebook also explores various aspects of teaching, such as writing a syllabus, establishing a framework for classroom discussion, and devising an equitable grading system—all through the lens of covering any potentially controversial topic. Included is a 30-page appendix of tools and resources that can be immediately applied.
Written for a general audience, the goals for this guidebook are to expand the contours of who gets to participate in classroom learning and to empower educators and students to positively advocate for a culture of equity. The contents were developed and refined through research, teaching, dialogue, and critical reflection.
Thirty percent of all proceeds will directly support the Durham Children’s Initiative.
The podcast:
Centering the Margins
Serving as a supplement to the guidebook, the Centering the Margins podcast delves deeper into the guidebook over a series of nine episodes. The podcast features Francisco Ramos, Ph.D. in conversation with Michael Betts II, Courses Director at the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University.
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