Feedback on Early Childhood Curricular Framework

Anti-Bias Early Childhood Working Group Meeting

February 3, 2024

For their February meeting, the Anti-Bias Early Childhood working group met with Denisha Jones to provide feedback on her drafted curricular framework for anti-racism in early childhood. Jones shared digital copies of it to working group members in advance of the meeting and then facilitated the group’s time together.

Denisha began by sharing the history and intention behind the framework. She then opened the discussion up for feedback. The groups shared the importance of using the anti-bias framework as a beginning point and discussing how this framework goes deeper on issues of race with an explicit focus on anti-racism and anti-Blackness. They shared that they liked the guiding questions and the clear and direct language used in the framework. They discussed the way parents often ask how to respond to young children’s questions or comments about race, and they discussed some pointers to share with families. We ended the discussion thinking about intersectionality and how to help children address disability issues around different body types. Many resources were shared.  

Before wrapping, group members were reminded of upcoming events and opportunities in the D.C. area, including a panel — featuring Makai and Denisha!  — about centering collective value in the early childhood years. This meeting fell the weekend before the national Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action.