What kind of privilege can happen when teachers and schools turn decision- making over to parents? How can teachers and schools encourage parent engagement and empowerment and ensure that multiple viewpoints are heard?

THE WINTER PARTY

Questions

1 Mr. Olson suggested that they call the event a Holiday Party and try to include “all of the holidays.” What do you think he meant by “all of the holidays”? Do you believe his suggestion is a good one? Why or why not?

2 What kind of privilege can happen when teachers and schools turn decision- making over to parents? How can teachers and schools encourage parent engagement and empowerment and ensure that multiple viewpoints are heard?

3 What role can teachers play in either ensuring equity or enshrining privilege in the ways that they communicate with or “hear” from different parents? How can a teacher’s biases, perhaps subconscious, impact who is truly “heard”?