Culturally & Linguistically Responsive Initiatives

Office of CLRI Theory of Action

If we improve teacher, administrator, and staff capacity to motivate and inspire our students;

And enhance instructional access, equity, quality, and opportunity to diverse curriculum content;

And elevate scholar voice while engaging scholars in high leverage culturally and linguistically responsive enrichment programing;

Then we will be able to level the playing field for all of our scholars, specifically those from historically marginalized backgrounds, to provide equitable access to a high-quality education, which is every child's civil right.

Buffalo Public Schools District CLRI Strategic Plan

The CLRI Strategic Plan has purposefully aligned the tenets of the New York State Education Department’s Culturally Responsive-Sustaining Education Framework (2019) to the District’s Education Bargain. This alignment provides a focus for our work which leverages educational equity for our scholars, families, and the District community. As a priority, the CLRI Strategic Plan ensures that the premise of the Education Bargain is at the forefront of our equity work, which is to provide a high-quality education as a civil right to every student in our District, that guarantees pathways to opportunity that will lead to achievement and success in exchange for the hard work, commitment, and collaboration of our students and parents.

Please click to view: BPS District CLRI Strategic Plan