Books by Delores B. Lindsey

Create inclusive educational environments that benefit ALL learners! As schools become more diverse with students of differing abilities and needs, this self-reflective and action-oriented guide helps you create and support more inclusive schools and classrooms that intentionally educate all students. Using the Five Essential Elements of Cultural Proficiency as a roadmap, this book presents:• Students' learning differences as just that - differences rather than deficits• Strategies that show you how to break though the common barriers to culturally proficient and inclusive schooling• Assessments that gauge your awareness and show you how to best serve every student's needs

Shows how central Common Core tenets - rigor, meaningful curricula and assessment, and higher order thinking - can become educational realities for every child in your school or district. This resource enables readers to understand how underlying beliefs related to historically - underserved students may create roadblocks to effective instruction.