The United States’ social and cultural journey toward desegregation has always centered on removing and preventing segregation by changing systems. A simultaneous need for the US has also been to desegregate the individual from the racial hierarchy that permitted systems of segregation. More specifically, desegregating
With the school year well underway, many of us want to modify the language education programming we are providing multilingual learners [MLs]. One reason we want to do this is to ensure that we are following state and federal guidelines to identify MLs and determine
It is vital that teachers of multilingual learners (MLLs) help develop these learners’ primary language and academic language skills along with providing equitable access to high-quality mathematics and science content. I recently collaborated on a book with Michael Beiersdorf and Theodore Ruiz Sagun titled Equity
Change can be challenging, but it can also be rewarding. As the new school year approaches, there is still lingering uncertainty surrounding the ongoing pandemic and the devastation it has caused. Adding to this, civil unrest, mass shootings, and heightened trauma are still impacting our
I am acrophobic. I became aware of this fear when my parents moved to a beautiful apartment building in Brooklyn Heights while I was away at college. Our new apartment was on the 17th floor, and when they took me to the roof to enjoy
Prologue I am a curious person, and I am particularly filled with wonder about things that veer outside of what we’ve come to consider as “normal.” One of the things I enjoy most is reading about, listening to, watching, and learning about stories that center people
Classrooms today no longer resemble the classrooms that most adults remember from their youth. While de facto segregation persists in schools and districts across the United States, today’s student population is more diverse than ever before. More than half of today’s K-12 students are culturally
December is a busy time of year for teachers and their students. Teachers are well into the curriculum and are looking to continue to connect with students, reignite engagement, and manage focus/attention during the upcoming holiday season. One great way to do this is with
Much of my research has focused on identity and agency of Black boys to understand the ways these boys make sense of, respond to, and participate in mathematics. Identity has to do with how students engage with mathematics, how others perceive them, and how they see themselves as participatory in the space. Agency is seen in the ways students take risks to
Beginning in March 2020 and continuing to the present, educators across the nation have shown remarkable resilience, creativity, and compassion as they work to educate their students. The COVID-19 pandemic and the dramatic shift to virtual and hybrid learning have revealed and exacerbated educational inequities