Social studies has been lagging in the race to gain classroom instructional time due to the impact of high-stakes testing in urban schools. Furthermore, social studies can be particularly uninteresting to Black students whose diverse sociocultural histories and perspectives remain diminished or absent. Therefore, this paper advances curricular and pedagogical resuscitation (CPR) as a renewed and continuing quest to properly address and privilege Black students and their lived experiences. Employing BlackCrit, we forward CPR as a more accurate, timely, and holistic social studies approach—addressing the body, spirit, and mind of our students.
Three motherscholars (Matias, 2011) utilize a co/autoethnography methodology to explore the inherent and necessary connection between mothering and political work. In doing so, they draw from their diverse experiences to explore whose parenting is seen as political, the intersection with formal schooling, and experiences with informal education towards political ends. They ground their conceptions of mothering in the work of Black feminist intellectuals like Angela Davis and bell hooks. This piece, written while navigating parenting, doctoral studies, and displacement caused by COVID-19, demonstrates how parenting can be an informal act curated by memories of the past, today's social and political climates, and the hopes for a better future. These authors explore the intersection of education, politics, and parenting through their lived experiences.
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