Get Free

In Get Free, Tricia extends a vision of educational liberation that is grounded in scholarship and rooted in love, challenging and changing the world before her by making it possible for educators to liberate themselves and their students.

- Dr. Sonja Cherry-Paul, Aeriale Johnson, Anna Osborn, Dr. Kimberly N. Parker, and Tiana Silvas, from the Foreword

What would it mean to truly “get free” as an educator? How can we identify and challenge bias in our reading and writing curriculum and instruction? How can we support students in becoming empathetic, engaged individuals who can read and write the world with compassion and deep thinking?

Answering these questions requires deep personal reflection and intentional daily practice — and it’s crucial today more than ever, when students are overwhelmed with misinformation and disinformation.

Drawn from decades of classroom experience and founded on the scholarship of social justice educators,Tricia Ebarvia provides a framework that can help teachers implement transformative, anti-bias literacy instruction in middle- and high school classrooms Get Free offers educators

Strategies for scaffolding literacy instruction in ways that center students’ identities and experiences, and help them develop a more inclusive understanding of literature and writing

Classroom structures and routines that support critical listening and open, authentic conversation and writing responses

Invitations for teachers to re-examine curriculum and instructional practices, based on a deeper sense of who we are and what we bring to every reading and writing experience

To develop stronger reading, writing, and critical thinking skills, antibias literacy instruction is essential. This is the book for teachers, new and experienced, who know that classrooms can be transformative, liberatory spaces where students better understand themselves, others, and the world.

Imagine the possibilities if we could just get free…