The Culturally Responsive-Sustaining Education Framework

In Module 3 of the TALE Academy, Culturally Responsive-Sustaining Education Across Learning Environments, we introduce New York State's Culturally Responsive-Sustaining Education Framework. The framework helps educators create student-centered learning environments that affirm racial, linguistic and cultural identities; prepare students for rigor and independent learning, develop students’ abilities to connect across lines of difference; elevate historically marginalized voices; and empower students as agents of social change. This infographic from the framework provides an overview of the 4 principles that organize culturally responsive-sustaining education efforts.