If Black English Isn't a Language, Then Tell Me, What Is?
What do teachers want their students to become? Many things, no doubt. The Language and Literature course is embedded into the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma, and the IB has a set of values, expressed in its Learner Profile, that underscores the kind of traits, it is hoped, that students will develop. The Learner Profile, most would probably agree, is a virtuous model that, entrenched in the lives of...