Curriculum and Programs

 

Antiracist Education

 

Mission and Principles

Cambridge Friends School is a learning community engaged in the practice and study of antiracist education. Our study contributes to academic excellence, encourages students to work for social and racial justice, and strives to ensure equality for all students. The faculty and staff design a variety of programs to provide ongoing professional development and curriculum assessment.

 

We believe:

• good learning happens through good teaching
• good teaching takes into account questions of language, culture, race, and the different ways they affect students’ academic and social outcomes
• good teaching takes place within the context of ongoing whole-school improvement
• good teaching allows teachers to examine and students to be cognizant of the different forms of oppression in students’ lives; it does so in antiracist teaching through the lens of race
• good teaching inspires all students to achieve academic excellence and to work toward social justice in all areas of their lives
• good teaching looks at history from the points of view of the groups involved in the time being studied, and pays particular attention to the experiences of those who have been marginalized in the past