Culturally diverse students come to school with rich traditions, heritage, and cultural funds of knowledge that are often undervalued and under-utilized in academic settings. Tailoring educational programs to draw from and build on youth’s experiences through culturally relevant and sustaining practices can enhance the effectiveness of programs designed to address existing disparities and promote students’ academic success and thriving. This paper focuses on Rhymes with Reason (RwR), an educational product developed by the first author as an undergraduate student, that contributes to the collective efforts of scholars and practitioners to apply culturally relevant educational approaches to support diverse students and educators. Supported by two faculty mentors, the first author describes the theoretical foundations that informed RwR’s development and the current product that is a web-based learning tool to support language-related academic achievement among middle- and high-school students. Additionally, the first author describes key developmental experiences that sparked RwR and how developing this culturally relevant program impacted his own identity development. Further, he discusses future directions for the expansion and evaluation of RwR. The mentors conclude with broader considerations for mentored scholarship and the development of culturally relevant education programs for diverse learners.

多元文化的学生带着丰富的传统，遗产和知识的文化资金来到学校，而这些知识往往在学术环境中被低估和利用不足。量身定制的教育计划可以通过与文化相关且持续的实践来借鉴和借鉴青年的经验，从而提高旨在解决现有差距并促进学生的学术成就和发展的计划的有效性。本文着重于理性的押韵（RwR）是第一作者作为一名本科生开发的一种教育产品，它为学者和实践者的集体努力做出了贡献，他们运用文化相关的教育方法来支持多样化的学生和教育者。在两位教师的支持下，第一作者描述了为RwR的发展提供信息的理论基础，以及当前产品，该产品是一种基于Web的学习工具，可支持中，高中学生与语言相关的学习成就。此外，第一作者描述了引发RwR的关键发展经验，以及开发与文化相关的计划如何影响他自己的身份发展。此外，他讨论了RwR扩展和评估的未来方向。