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While efforts to achieve equity in education are prominent in school districts across this country, the effective implementation that results in meaningful change remains elusive. Even with access to compelling theories and approaches such as multicultural education, culturally responsive teaching, culturally relevant instruction, culturally sustaining pedagogy, schools still struggle to implement equitable change that reshapes the academic experiences of students marginalized by the prevailing history, culture, and traditions in public education. In Belonging through a Culture of Dignity, Cobb and Krownapple argue that the cause of these struggles are largely based on the failure of educators to consider the foundational elements upon which educational equity is based, belonging and dignity. Once these fundamental human needs are understood, educators can gain clarity of the barriers to meaningful student relationships, especially across dimensions of difference such as race, class, and culture. Cobb and Krownapple challenge that normalization and offer three concepts as keys to successful equity initiatives: inclusion, belonging, and dignity. Through their work, the authors aim to equip educators with the tools necessary to deliver the promise of democracy through schools by breaking the cycle of equity dysfunction once and for all.

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Floyd Cobb is a consultant with The Core Collaborative and is codeveloper of the IncludED content, which focuses on issues of educational equity. Floyd has almost twenty years of experience in the field of education spanning the P-20 continuum, holding roles as a teacher, school leader, district curriculum leader, and a state-wide policy implementer. He holds a doctorate in curriculum and instruction from the Morgridge College of Education at the University of Denver. There, he is an adjunct faculty member and teaches courses in curriculum and instruction, and social in-equality through the lenses of race, class, and gender. In 2017, Floyd was awarded the Ruth Murray Underhill Teaching Award for excellence in teaching, which is given annually to one adjunct faculty member at the University of Denver. John Krownapple specializes in professional and organizational learning and development in the areas of inclusion, equity, and social justice. He is codeveloper of The Core Collaborative's IncludED solutions. John's mission is to help each of us get in touch with our own worth and value so that we can, in turn, honor human dignity on interpersonal, organizational, and structural levels. In doing so, John believes that we create climates of belonging that accelerate growth as effective organizations, inclusive communities, and as a truly democratic society. Simply put, we can improve quality of our lives and the lives of others through the concept of dignity. An inspirational speaker and workshop facilitator, John is currently an adjunct professor at Johns Hopkins University where his coursework focuses on issues that emerge from diversity. He also serves as the coordinator of diversity, equity, and inclusion for the Howard County Public School System. Mike Lenz has been an audiobook narrator and voice actor for more than fourteen years. Having narrated titles in genres ranging from fiction, entertainment, science, and children's literature to Christian, business, self-help, and history, Mike loves bringing nonfiction and fiction stories to life with his engaging, confident, and trustworthy voice. Mike's broad background includes voicing commercials, eLearning projects, real estate videos, corporate and web-based videos, and brand imaging, appearing in regional and national television commercials as an on-camera talent, and serving as the mayor of his hometown of Saratoga Springs, New York. Mike is also a Voice Arts Award-nominated podcast producer as well as an author. He is a frequent speaker at learning and voice-over conferences. Mike currently lives in Saratoga Springs, New York, with his wife and four children.

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