Date of Degree Completion
Spring 2023
Degree Type
Capstone - Open Access
Degree Name
Master of Education (MEd)
Instructor/Advisor
Sheila McAdams
Abstract
The climate of the 21st-century education system, though ever-changing, calls for students to be taught to specific academic standards while allowing for culturally diverse inclusive learning to take place. The Lawrence Public School System is comprised of over twenty different schools, with 36.6% other Hispanic, 33.1% white Hispanic, 14.1% white nonHispanic, 7.57% two or more ethnicities, and 3.41% black or African American Hispanic with various education and life experiences. The Core Knowledge Language Arts curriculum is used for Grades Kindergarten through second grade. This curriculum was created by a white, cisgender male promoting Eurocentric ideologies. Is the Lawrence community fairly represented in this instructional material, particular at the early childhood level when students are finding their academic and social identities? This capstone looks into the creation….curriculum, exploring the representational...and comparing them to the current demographic make-up of the Lawrence Public Schools classroom.
Recommended Citation
Callery, Colby D., "Core Knowledge Language Arts: Does it Represent the Lawrence Public Schools Community?" (2023). Community Engagement Student Work. 102.
https://scholarworks.merrimack.edu/soe_student_ce/102