CLRI in the News

Click on the links below to view articles that feature the Department of Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Initiatives.

March 17, 2023 

National School Boards Association - 2023 Magna Awards Grand Prize Winners - Office of CLRI's Our Story Project

October 19, 2022  

Buffalo News: Jesse Ketchum Awards Ceremony

October 11, 2022

WBFO: Black Excellence in Education: Fostering a Sense of Being Among Students of Color in Buffalo

August 2022

Buffalo Parent Teacher Organization Letter of Support for CLRI

August 15, 2022

Roswell Park Expands Educational Offerings With New Buffalo Public Schools, Buffalo Prep Collaborations

June 14, 2022

The Christian Science Monitor: One country, two histories: What does it mean to be an American?

June 8, 2022

Time Innovative Teacher 2022: Dr. Fatima Morrell

WKBW: Bufffalo Educator (Dr. Fatima Morrell) Honored by Time Magazine for Innovative Curriculum

Buffalo News: Inclusive Education is Best Shield Against Ignorance of Racist Murderers

May 24, 2022

WIVB: Buffalo Public Schools Heal Through the Arts

April 23, 2021

WKBW/ Yahoo News

April 23, 2021

BPS officials, local leaders and teens talk social injustice and solutions

April 23, 2021

WBFO NPR-Buffalo students share fears of violence, systemic racism

March 5, 2021

IDEA Awards Recipient- Dr. Fatima Morrell- Buffalo Business First

February 8, 2021- NYS School Board Association 

On-Board - Two articles referenced 

January 31, 2021 - Real Clear Investigations

Disputed NY Times '1619 Project' Already Shaping Schoolkids' Minds on Race

December 11, 2020 - NPR/WBFO

NPR/WBFO 12/11/2020 "Buffalo Public Schools to introduce 'emancipation' curriculum"

December 2, 2020 - Buffalo News

The Buffalo News 12/2/20 "Where Better to Learn Anti-racism than in School"

December 1, 2020- National School Board Association

NSBA December 11, 2020 - The Past is Our Present To fight racism in their schools, districts turn to history

September 18, 2020- NPR/WBFO

New Buffalo Public Schools curriculum receives national attention

September 4, 2020 - Buffalo News

Fatima Morrell Remembers James Parker- Buffalo News 

Fatima Morrell Remembers James Parker- YouTube

August 5, 2020 - Buffalo News

Buffalo News 8/5/2020 "Column: Black history news videos could capitalize on ‘teachable moment’"

June 2, 2020 - Channel 7 WKBW

"The Change Starts with us" Students Hopeful for the Future

January 17, 2020 - NPR/WBFO

‘Your story is in the textbooks. Ours isn’t.’ Buffalo schools adopt The 1619 Project

May 18, 2017 - Buffalo News

Buffalo News- 5/18/2017 "Rod Watson: Giving every student pride in heritage"