Everything that you will do in your life and everything that you will say...reveals you.
What I call you doesn't say anything about you...or very rarely...but what I call you
says everything about me...There is a very good reason, that has nothing to do with
Negroes, why white people call them nigger. It’s a white invention.
In order for white people to be released from this invention, they will have to
discover where this nigger really lives. And, he lives inside white people and they
have to accept him, that stranger within, before they can accept anybody without.
--James Baldwin, The Fire Next Time (1962)
Dr. Kaleb Rashad
Educator | Designer | Abolitionist | Emerging Farmer | Undefined
Racism and injustice were designed from the beginning. All institutions exercise their power through the institution's component systems--like in pedagogy, policy and practice. Individual bias is accumulated, multiplied and codified within these institutions, and the collective identity of the group calcifies.
“Denial,” as Ibram X. Kendi reminds us, “is the heartbeat of racism,” and anti-racist deeper learning is not just a technical solution, but it is deeply personal & relational. It is an approach that requires an anti-racist adult community, capable of facing difficult truths together, making recompense (despite the discomfort) in the present, dismantling oppressive structures, and creating a more beloved and skillful community whereas such practices can continuously evolve.
We envision Anti-Racist Deeper Learning to mean students: 1) learn through extended research projects and address essential questions of injustice, 2) make their learning public (i.e., product, process and reflection) to an external audience, and 3) exercise democratic behaviors in the classroom and across the school community.
We envision a world in which young people become their ancestors' wildest dreams. We stand on the broad shoulders and whipped backs of those who came before us. We stand in defiant solidarity with communities around the world to dismantle systems of oppression and exclusion, and co-create more loving and just communities.
Dr. Kaleb Rashad | Creative Director, Center for Love & Justice at HTH Graduate School of Education | Former Director of the Original Gary and Jerri-Ann Jacobs @hightechhigh | Unlocked, Inc Co-Founder | Doctorate in Educational Leadership: Relational Trust & Organizational Change | He/His She/Hers | Spiritually Undefined
“Denial,” as Ibram X. Kendi reminds us, “is the heartbeat of racism,” and anti-racist deeper learning is not just a technical solution, but it is deeply personal & relational. It is an approach that requires an anti-racist adult community, capable of facing difficult truths together, making recompense (despite the discomfort) in the present, dismantling oppressive structures, and creating a more beloved and skillful community whereas such practices can continuously evolve.
We envision Anti-Racist Deeper Learning to mean students: 1) learn through extended research projects and address essential questions of injustice, 2) make their learning public (i.e., product, process and reflection) to an external audience, and 3) exercise democratic behaviors in the classroom and across the school community.
We envision a world in which young people become their ancestors' wildest dreams. We stand on the broad shoulders and whipped backs of those who came before us. We stand in defiant solidarity with communities around the world to dismantle systems of oppression and exclusion, and co-create more loving and just communities.
Dr. Kaleb Rashad | Creative Director, Center for Love & Justice at HTH Graduate School of Education | Former Director of the Original Gary and Jerri-Ann Jacobs @hightechhigh | Unlocked, Inc Co-Founder | Doctorate in Educational Leadership: Relational Trust & Organizational Change | He/His She/Hers | Spiritually Undefined
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Research
My dissertation research focused how Relational Trust is created among teachers and principals. My belief in human-centered design is deeply rooted in the research findings. Creative Strengths Visionary: Imaging the Impossible-->Full of big ideas, ability to see potential and possibilities everywhere StrengthsFinder 2.0 (latest go round, 2019) Maximizer | Empathy | Strategic | Connectedness | Developer StrengthsFinder 2.0 (used to be) Positivity | Relator | Empathy | Communication | Woo 16Personalities: ENFP-A "The Campaigner" Ancestral Connections Southeast US | Cameroon/Congo | Ivory Coast/Ghana | Mali |
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Recent Engagements & Contributions
- PolyVocal Keynote, City Neighbor's 10th Annual Progressive Education Summit, with Dr. Jal Mehta & Dr. Crystal Laura, January 2021
- Equity in Education Keynote, Fielding International, with Karla Vigil, January 2021
- Keynote & Workshop, New Tech Network, Deeper Learning & Social Justice, October 2020
- Keynote, New School Venture Fund, Community of Practice: Model Design in the Midst of Dual Pandemics, October 2020
- Presenter, IDEO's Teacher's Guild: A Virtual Summer Experience: It's Starts with Schools," Summer 2020
- Keynote Panelist, A New Way Forward Summit, "Building a Learner-Centered Future," Spring 2020
- Guest Lecturer, Claremont Graduate University, "Futuristic Leadership" Spring 2020
- Virginia is For Learners Innovation Network (#VaLIN), Advisor 2020, in partnership with Virginia Department of Education, James Madison University, Virginia School Consortium for Learning, Edu21C Foundation and Jobs for the Future
- IDEO Design Council, San Francisco, 2019
- "Design Thinking for Education Leaders" Advisor, Hong Kong 2019-2020, in partnership with HK Centre for Design, HK University & Future Impact Lab
- LTE--Learning & Teaching Expo Panelist: From Teacher to Student Centered Learning, Hong Kong, 2019
- Interim Director, New School Creation Fellowship, 2019-2020
- #DesignCampMonterey, Monterey County Office of Education, Salinas, CA 2019
- #DesignCampStLouis, Lindbergh Schools, St. Louis, MO 2019
- Program Design with Monterey County Office of Education, Salinas, CA 2019 #TLCMonterey
- Hewlett: District-Community Partnerships for Learner-Centered Education, District Coach and Presenter, San Diego, CA 2019
- Creative Summer Institute Guest Speaker, Teacher's Guild + IDEO, San Francisco 2019
- Hopewell City Public Schools, Admin Leadership Retreat 2019 Facilitator: Leading for Equity, Innovation and Deeper Learning, Virginia 2019
- Steam Conference Barcelona, Keynote Speaker, CosmoCaixa, Barcelona 2019
- Unleashed! Empowered by Design, Distinguished Speaker, Hong Kong Design Centre, Hong Kong 2019
- Keynote Speaker with Andrew G. and YahYah, Chicago, IL 2018, hosted by Glenbard High School
- #DesignCampBC with the AWESOME Dr. Chagala, Vancouver, BC 2018, hosted by Thomas Haney Secondary School
- PBL World Keynote with two AH-MAZING students, Blake D. and Zelma D.: Love + Justice, Napa, CA 2018
- Design 4 San Diego (DS$D) at UCSD Design Lab, San Diego, CA 2018
- #DesignCamp Co-Creator (with the AWESOME Dr. Chagala!!), San Diego, CA 2016-2018: DesignCamp2018
- Mastery Transcript Consortium (MTC), Advisory Council, 2018
- VA ASCD Keynote Speaker: Love + Disruption, Williamsburg, VA 2017
- ShiftEDU Keynote and Facilitator: Love + Disruption II and School ReTool Hack-a-Thon, Miami, FL 2017
- Edleader21 Co-Facilitator: The Power of Human-Centered Design, with Eric Chagala, Atlanta, GA 2017
- School Retool Co-Presenter, Hactivation Nation: Hacking Toward Equity, with Susie Wise + Marthaa Torres, Stanford d. School, CA 2017
- School Retool Coach, Hactivation Nation: Student Exhibition of Learning, Stanford d.School, CA 2017
- Leadership + Design Facilitator, 4D Studio: Design. Disrupt. Dare. Dream. Richmond, VA 2017
- NAACP Legal Defense Fund Panelist, Deeper Learning Convening, Washington, DC, 2017
- Leadership + Design Member, Board of Directors, 2017
- #DesignCampBC Kickoff Co-Presenter, Vancouver, BC, Winter 2017 with Eric Chagala
- NSF Advisory Board for Classrooms as Enterprises: Improving STEM Education Through Authentic Entrepreneurship Experiences, 2017-present
- School Retool: San Diego Coach & Instigator, Winter 2017
- Innovation of Diffusion Cluster Grantee Meet Up (Hewlett + IDEO + Stanford d.School), 2016 to Present
- SXSWedu 2017 Presenter, Austin, TX: "Design + Leadership" with Ela Ben Ur and Eric Chagala
- MVIFI: A Night of Inquiry, Impact and Innovation Speaker, Atlanta, GA: "Love + Disruption"
- Real World Scholars Advisory Board, 2016-present
- The Buck Institute for Education (BIE): High Quality PBL Steering Committee, Present
- Deeper Learning Leadership Forum (Hewlett Foundation & National Equity Project), 2015-2017
- NeverSummer's edOS: A New Operating System for Education, Denver, CO: "Bringing PBL to School/Integrating Design Thinking" June 2016
- SxSwEdu 2016, Austin, TX: "Creating a Culture of Innovation"
- FutureNOW Conference, San Diego, CA: “PBL 102: Teaching Innovation via PBL" 2016
- DesignForward San Diego Presenter: "Scaling Design Thinking in Schools" 2016
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Centering LOVE + JUSTICE in our Schools
Digging Deeper...
Reading as a solemn and radical act of resistance.
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Pedagogy
Pedagogy of the Oppressed Pedagogy of Heart Pedagogy of Hope Pedagogy of Critical Consciousness Education and Experience Teaching to Transgress The Book of Learning and Forgetting For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood and The Rest of Y'all Too Most Likely to Succeed Learner-Centered Innovation Invent to Learn Multiplication is for White People" Raising Expectations for Other People's Children Make Child and Curriculum Feel-Bad Education Out of Our Minds Creative Schools We Want To Do More Than Survive Teaching Critical Thinking: Practical Wisdom An Ethic of Excellence The Education of the Negro The MisEducation of the Negro Ghosts in the Schoolyard Punished by Rewards Schooling Beyond Measure Pedagogy of Freedom: Ethics, Democracy, and Civic Courage The Education of Black People Race, Culture, and the City Teachers as Intellectuals Educating for Eco-Justice and Community Everyday AntiRacism The Power of Place Schooling for Critical Consciousness Collective Courage The Myles Horton Reader: Education for Social Change Highlander: No Ordinary School We Make the Road by Walking Seed + Spark Change Leadership The Surprising Power of LIberating Structures Adaptive Leadership The Adaptive School Change Leadership Immunity to Change Who Do We Choose to Be? Emergent Strategy Disrupting Class Little Bets How: Why How We Do Anything Means Everything A More Beautiful Question The Storyteller’s Secret The Fourth Industrial Revolution Rise of the Robots Creating Innovators Good People: The Only Leadership Decision That Really Matters Let's Do This: The Art of Getting School Right Schools on Trial Tribal Leadership Dialogue Wired to Care The Rise of the Creative Class Rise of the DEO The Third Industrial Revolution The End of Average The Art of Gathering Five Minds for the Future A Whole New Mind Start with Why The Innovator's Dilemma The Leader's Guide to 21st Century Education Creativity: The Perfect Crime Brainstorm The Achievement Habit Ingenius #Edjourney Bringing Innovation to School Design Leadership Design Thinking for Strategic Innovation The Field Guide to Human Centered Design Needfinding: Design Research and Planning Design Justice Black Movements in America A Promised Land Historical Perspectives Stamped From The Beginning An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States The New Jim Crow No Struggle, No Progress Stolen Legacy: Greek Philosophy is Stolen Egyptian Philosophy American Slavery As It Is Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves Adventures of An African Slaver Saltwater Slavery Racism without Racism American Apartheid The Destruction of Black Civilization Wonderful Ethiopians of the Ancient Cushite Empire Slave Narratives It Wasn't About Slavery The Chronicle of the Discovery of and Conquest of New Guinea Democracy in America White Rage White Fragility Crusade for Justice: The Autobiography of Ida B. Wells Notes on the State of Virginia The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks The Souls of Black Folk David Walker's Appeal The Jewish State Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877 Black Reconstruction in America, 1860-1880 The Black Tax Black Majority Segregation by Design The Education of Blacks in the South, 1860-1935 The Colonizer & the Colonized Black Marxism The Black Jacobins The Struggle is Eternal: Gloria Richardson and Black Liberation |
Organizational Culture
Creativity, Inc. Orbiting the Giant Hairball Design Sprint Ten Faces of Innovation Change by Design How Google Works Open The Innovators Linchpin Let the Elephants Run The Innovator's Solution Zig Zag Launch Drive Strengths Finder 2.0 Creative Confidence The Innovators Mindset Work Rules! Firms of Endearment ThinkWrong Show Your Work Steal Like an Artist The Sketchbook Handbook Design Thinking for Strategic Innovation Superbetter Design Thinking for the Greater Good Designing for Growth: A Toolkit for Managers The Culture Code The Talent Code Chief Joy Officer Collective Genius Deviate Rituals for Work This is Marketing Building a Storybrand Blue Ocean Strategy The One Thing The Little Book of Innovation Solving Problems with Design Thinking Emotional Design Design Sprint 101 Design Methods Good People Time, Talent, and Energy Unleashed Philosophy (Love, Justice, Liberation) Strength to Love All About Love The Third Reconstruction Belonging: A Culture of Place The Fire Next Time Salvation: Black People and Love The Spirit of Intimacy Design the Life You Love Memories, Dreams, & Reflections Farming While Black The Water Dancer Creative Quest The Power of Now A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose Dignity of Difference Freedom Farmers Leonardo Da Vinci Reach for Greatness Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life How to Be An AntiRacist More Than Just Race The Market Gardner Our Word is Our Weapon Wages of Rebellion The Wretched of the Earth Blues People The Wisdom of Insecurity The Book on the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are The Courage to Be Becoming Human When God Winks Civil Disobedience Race Matters Democracy Matters Black Prophetic Fire Black Power: The Politics of Liberation Why We Can't Wait The Tao of Wu The Ordeal of Mansart Works of Love Love Does Keats: Poems Published in 1820 Leaves of Grass Black Skin, White Masks Between the World and Me Just Mercy The Way of Zen Becoming Wise: An Inquiry into the Mystery and Art of Living Becoming The Alchemist So You Want to Talk about Race The Power of No The Road to Unfreedom Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself Why We're Polarized Eloquent Rage Freedom is a Constant Struggle Ella Baker Surrender White People The Burning House So You Want to Talk About Race Plato's Five Dialogues Black Noise Freedom Dreams Radical Dharma Begin Again An Invitation to Freedom The Devil You Know |
