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Striving toward equitable biliteracy assessments in hegemonic school contexts
(The Association of Mexican American Educators, 2017)American schools today display unprecedented levels of diversity in regard to the linguistic, socioeconomic, and cultural backgrounds of their student population. Increasingly, more American students are also emergent ... -
Humanizing (multi)literacy teaching: a starter kit to renewed hope
(National Forum to Accelerate Middle Grades Reform, 2018)Amidst standardized testing pressures, zero-tolerance discipline policies, and increasingly distressing news headlines, this article seeks to encourage teachers that want to be and feel more human in their work with students ... -
Moving toward culturally sustaining language instruction that resists white language supremacy
(National Forum to Accelerate Middle Grades Reform, 2020)In this manuscript, we argue that language is central to students’ cultural identities and, therefore, should be validated in middle school classrooms. Additionally, we problematize the idea of “standard” languages and ... -
The influences of teacher knowledge on qualitative writing assessment
(Department of Language & Literacy Education in the College of Education at The University of Georgia, 2022)Standardized testing and accountability are currently unavoidable components of Texas Public Education. Through years of push-back, parents and educators have demanded that Texas consider alternative testing options that ... -
Predictive factors of problematic smartphone use in young Spanish university students
(Elsevier, 2022)Smartphones have evolved from being a helpful tool in our days to be an indispensable complement. Its presence in our daily lives has grown to reach a problematic use on occasions. This fact is even more remarkable when ... -
Faculty participation in open access repositories (OARs) based on their individual traits
(Emerald, 2023)Purpose: The number of open access repositories has been growing globally but faculty members have been reluctant to embrace OAR and submit their work. While there are studies that looked at socio-technical factors that ... -
Being a conduit and culprit of white language supremacy: A duo autohistoriateoría
(Faculté des Lettres et Sciences Humaines, University of Limoges, 2020)In this manuscript, two normalistas-teachers, who are Women of Color in the United States, reflected on our experiences as educators. In a chronological narrative structure, we each told stories related to our experiences ... -
Teacher educators engage preservice teachers with The 57 Bus
(Worlds of Words: Center for Global Literacies and Literatures (University of Arizona), 2019)The 57 Bus is an intriguing nonfiction story in which Dashka Slater uses her journalistic style to chronicle the explosive encounter of two high-school teenagers on the 57 bus. One teenager, Sasha, is White and from a ... -
Critical, compelling, and linguistically scaffolded literature: Implementing text sets multilingually for social justice
(Texas Association for Literacy Education (TALE), 2019)In most cases, the curriculum chosen for wide-use does not mirror or address the pressing needs of bi/multilingual learners, especially for those who are in middle and high school settings. In light of this and the ... -
Weaving the fabric of shared experience: Immigrant and refugee students engaged in visual Testimonio
(Frontiers, 2023)Testimonio, collective narratives situated within our sociopolitical sphere, is a powerful tool that empowers students and moves them toward a space of collective agency. When multimodalities are added to this process, ... -
Our world is officially rocked: Are we prepared for patrons in crisis?
(Texas Library Association, 2022)The pandemic persists, and society is worn out. Optimists claim we’re on the mend, but restoration still eludes a depleted and depressed public who are trying desperately to put their lives back together. Now, more than ... -
School libraries without walls: Preserving the library's sense of place
(Texas Library Association, 2020)LIBRARIES AS PHYSICAL SPACES HAVE LONG BEEN THE OBJECT OF FASCINATION, REVERENCE, AFFECTION, AND EVEN OBSESSION, so it’s a curious thing to see so many of the old standards are fading away. Trending now is a new ... -
The good, the bad, and the ugly life of educational administration
(Texas Council of Women School Executives, 2014)Like almost anything in life, there are the good, the bad, and the ugly times. In educational administration. the good. the bad. and the ugly will look differently to each person, and those differences will make an ... -
The chameleon identity
(Texas Council of Women School Executives, 2013)Traditionally, men have dominated leadership positions in the field of education, particularly the positions of principal and superintendent. However, more women are occupying these positions successfully (Mendez-Morse. ... -
2021-2022: Year of the Pandemic
(Consortium of State Organizations for Texas Teacher Education (CSOTTE), 2022)At the close of the 2021 CSOTTE conference, I had the opportunity to reflect upon what the experience meant to me. The fact that we were once again permitted to gather together--in the same room with Covid 19 social ... -
Women supporting women: Using the 5 Anchors of Impact as a tool for uplifting women leaders
(Texas Council of Women School Executives (TCWSE), 2023)It is somewhat saddening to visit a restaurant that serves lobster and see the uncovered tank of lobsters. The idea is to promote that the lobster is fresh, but the uncovered tank also demonstrates another, more fearsome ... -
Using the 5 Anchors of Impact in unpredictable times
(Texas Council of Women School Executives (TCWSE), 2022)The 5 Anchors of Impact are the right tools that can help educators understand how to navigate the challenges that may be thrown at them. Especially after the year of COVID-19-19 restrictions and the unpredictable weather, ... -
Building bridges to the world: Utilizing service learning during the senior year to develop participatory citizenship
(Dwight Schar College of Education, 2016)The senior year of high school has the potential to be a bridge between childhood and adulthood, but senior courses are not vastly different than courses offered to freshman who are barely into their teenage years. A ... -
Cut the busy work! Establishing clear purpose in course assignments and activities
(Association Of College And University Educators, 2018)You probably remember at some point in your childhood having a parent or adult ask you to do an errand, task, or chore that you didn’t want to do. My first thought when my mom asked me to do something was “Why do I have ... -
Bringing together a harmony of voices: Using the Inside-Out strategy as a culturally responsive approach to intertwine knowledge from self, peer, and text
(Texas Council of Teachers of English Language Arts, 2019)Culturally responsive teaching is often nebulous and challenging for many to integrate in an effective and intentional way. As novice teachers, we struggled with developing tangible ways to actualize culturally responsive ...