A Framework for Classroom Caring that Challenges the Eurocratic Norm in Middle Level Schools and Classrooms

The authors synthesize their work with literature by Gay, Ladson-Billings, and others to offer a conceptual framework for culturally relevant caring classrooms in the middle grades and at any grade level. Their framework is unique because it focuses explicitly on caring as learned from the insights of Black teachers and their own community cultural experiences. The authors offer recommendations for implementing the framework in pre- and in-service teacher education.