I read the article called "A Standards Movement in the spirit of Expeditionary Learning".  This article supports culturally responsive learning in many ways.  One being the teachers are not standards driven.  They  see what kind on field work the students will be doing when they are in the "real world", then they think about the content.  Also,  they collaborate with community members.  They said they bring in community members and let the students work with him/her.  This makes the learning meaningful.  In this case the students were collecting data about their local stream.  They were making a difference in his/her community.