Committee Against Racism and Bias in the Teaching of English
Charge
To investigate and make recommendations to counteract racism and racial bias in teaching materials, methods, and programs for language arts, English, and humanities and to recommend to the NCTE Executive Committee considerations related to professional learning and practice regarding teaching linguistically and culturally diverse students, with the assistance of appropriate scholars and experts, as well as careful documentation from the research base for the recommendations.
New Resources!
This November, the Committee Against Racism and Bias in the Teaching of English created a set of resources to be shared with attendees at the NCTE Annual Convention. These resources were very popular and we received many requests for them to be available for download. We reformatted them from the large poster size and all can now be downloaded as PDFs when you click the images below and print from your own computer.
What Anti-Racist Language Teachers Do
Anti-racist language teachers consciously work to create safe learning environments for all students. This poster provides a description of what these teachers do.
Qualities of Anti-Racist ELA Curricula
Anti-racist ELA curricula must celebrate and sustain diversity as part of educational justice in a changing world. This poster describes the qualities of such curricula.
Anti-Racist Teaching Bookmark
What’s wrong with English-only teaching practices? This bookmark provides a several answers.
Current Members
CHAIR, Ayanna Brown (2027)
(Erikson Institute, Naperville, IL)
Sawsan Jaber (2025)
(Maine West District 207, Des Plaines, IL)
Diana Liu (2025)
(Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY)
Dillin Randolph (2025)
(Niles West High School, Skokie, IL)
Executive Committee Liaison, Tonya Perry
(Miles College, AL)
NCTE Staff and Administrative Liaison, T’Aira Duncan