Learning for Justice Standards

Students will develop positive social identities based on their membership in multiple groups in society.

• Identity

• Diversity

• Justice

• Action

Students will respectfully express curiosity about the history and lived experiences of others and will exchange ideas and beliefs in an open-minded way.

• Identity

• Diversity

• Justice

• Action

Students will recognize stereotypes and relate to people as individuals rather than representatives of groups.

• Identity

• Diversity

• Justice

• Action

Students will speak up with courage and respect when they or someone else has been hurt or wronged by bias.

• Identity

• Diversity

• Justice

• Action

Students will recognize that people’s multiple identities interact and create unique and complex individuals.

• Identity

• Diversity

• Justice

• Action

Students will examine diversity in social, cultural, political and historical contexts rather than in ways that are superficial or oversimplified.

• Identity

• Diversity

• Justice

• Action

Students will recognize that power and privilege influence relationships on interpersonal, intergroup and institutional levels and consider how they have been affected by those dynamics.

• Identity

• Diversity

• Justice

• Action

Students will express empathy when people are excluded or mistreated because of their identities and concern when they themselves experience bias.

• Identity

• Diversity

• Justice

• Action