Freedom Teaching: Overcoming Racism in Education to Create Classrooms Where All Students Succeed - Hardcover

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MATTHEW KINCAID is the Founder and CEO of Overcoming Racism, LLC, an organization that trains educators and businesses on race and equity. He has been leading anti-racism workshops for over 15 years and has been recognized as a Top 100 visionary leader by Real Leaders magazine.

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PRAISE FOR FREEDOM TEACHING

“As a lifelong advocate for change, Matthew Kincaid has written an indispensable guide for educators and activists alike. This book brilliantly unpacks the complexities of anti-racism in education.”
―SALVATORE LAROCCA, President, Global Partnerships, National Basketball Association and Chairman of the Board of Trustees, La Salle Academy

“Matthew Kincaid has been a leader in freedom teaching for many years, exemplifying the principles on which he writes and refining the principles he shares. He has set a powerful blueprint, and this book serves as a reminder that freedom―and hate―begin in the classroom. Freedom Teaching helps us make the right choices with intention and love.”
―BRITTANY PACKNETT CUNNINGHAM, activist and host of UNDISTRACTED

“Matthew Kincaid has been leading anti-racism initiatives since he was 14 years old. His passion, commitment, and dedication to this cause is illustrated in the attention to detail in this book. Freedom Teaching strikes at the core of the injustice in our education system while offering vision for a more hopeful, just and equitable future.”
―CONSTANCE JONES, CEO, Noble Schools

“Freedom Teaching is a powerful tool to advance social justice education with K-12 schools! For educators who are committed to leveraging education as a mechanism to promote justice, liberation, and empowerment, this text richly equips you with the strategies or how. I have always been a fan of Matthew Kincaid’s work, and this text is yet another manifestation of his genius! I highly recommend it, and cannot wait to leverage it as a tool to support both new and seasoned educators looking for resources to expand their ability to help craft youth who are agents of change within our world!”
―KRYSTAL H. ALLEN, author of What Goes Unspoken; CEO, K. Allen Consulting

“When it comes to the critical truth telling needed to shake up age-old systems and structures so they can’t operate as they have in the past, Matthew Kincaid is without equal. I have been an advocate of Matthew’s scholarship for many years and Freedom Teaching gives me hope that it is possible for ALL children to learn in an environment justly designed for them to flourish.”
―LILIAHN MAJEED, DE&I Executive and Disruptor of Deficit Narratives

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In Freedom Teaching: Overcoming Racism in Education to Create Classrooms Where All Students Succeed, accomplished equity and race education coach Matthew Kincaid delivers an accessible and comprehensive new treatment of anti-racist education. In the book, you’ll explore the foundations of anti-racism and find a roadmap to addressing systemic racism for both individual educators and as a collective school community.

The author provides skills and tools he has developed over the course of his lengthy career, showing you how to apply effective strategies at the classroom and school level to decrease inequitable outcomes and improve your own and your colleagues’ ability to provide an outstanding education to all your students. From a critical understanding of power dynamics and racial vantage points to maintaining hope in the face of injustice, the book offers readers an unparalleled collection of anti-racism resources.

An essential text for educators and educational leaders, Freedom Teaching will also earn a place on the bookshelves of the parents and families of children in school, as well as teachers in training with an interest in equity and culturally responsive education.