Creating an antiracist classroom environment can be a challenge for teachers, as it’s easy to become flummoxed when it’s time to apply principles from PD sessions. “You get to your classroom and don’t have any idea where to begin,” writes teacher Jay Wamstead. He found it useful to monitor his interactions with students for bias; the data he got from carefully taking notes on his classroom management gave him a starting point. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ “I began to watch myself, to check the spaces in my pedagogy where bias and prejudice were leaking through,” he writes, adding that what he discovered by tracking his actions was not just enlightening but ultimately empowering. Wamsted recommends monitoring for bias in five areas. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ 1. Discipline: Wamsted used a clipboard to note every time he managed a student, including for small things like out-of-turn phone usage. “Sometimes these small things require correction,” he writes, “but how we handle them is worth inspecting for bias.” ⁣⁣ ⁣ 2. Calling on r...