Crises can happen with no warning or with certainty. The epic numbers of multilingual learners experiencing these phenomena is as diverse as are the types of language programs, instructional practices, and schoolwide policies they are provided. Our ever-changing educational landscape often evokes uncertainty as to how to work with these students …
In September 2020, our daughter planned to travel from Miami to Armenia to do some volunteer work. The first flight had only a few passengers. She excitedly texted that she had the whole economy row to herself! As she headed from the first flight to the second, she was stopped …
It was an honor to be interviewed by the National Association of Bilingual Educators (NABE) for their inaugural Author Chat on our best-selling book- Beyond Crises: Overcoming Linguist and Cultural Inequities in Communities, Schools and Classrooms. Thank you, Sandra Medrano-Arroyo, Margarita Pinkos, and Nilda Aguirre for this wonderful opportunity to …
Tan Huynh is a highly regarded teacher of multilingual learners. His popular podcast, Teaching MLs provides the opportunity to listen to the thoughts, ideas, and experiences of the most current leaders in the field. I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Tan about Beyond Crises: Overcoming Linguistic and Cultural …
Join co-authors Debbie Zacarian, Margarita Calderón, and Margo Gottlieb for this free webinar on June 15th at 5PM EST
The book Responsive Schools for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Learners supports educators and educational leaders to design, implement, and examine approaches to support culturally and linguistically diverse learners to succeed in school and their lives. It includes many evidenced-based examples from the field and details practical steps for implementing responsive …
With so much attention on ‘learning loss’ and failures to reach students, we might miss the many positives that we’ve experienced. What we have learned, how we have coped, and how we have attended to our students and ourselves is well worth analyzing and examining. This once-in-a-century crisis should inspire …
Thrilled to be interviewed by Peter Dewitt about our book, Beyond Crises: Overcoming Linguistic and Cultural Inequities in Communities, Schools and Classrooms. Listen to this podcast with moderator Peter Dewitt and co-authors, Margarita Calderón, Margo Gottlieb, and me, by going to one of the following links to the show: · Spotify …
Delighted to participate in virtual book launch on Beyond Crises: Overcoming Linguistic and Cultural Inequities in Communities, Schools and Classrooms with Corwin Press editor, Dan Alpert, marketing manager, Sharon Pendergast, and co-writers Margarita Calderón and Margo Gottlieb. Listen to the full webinar
Authors: Debbie Zacarian, Margarita Calderón, and Margo Gottlieb. This piece appeared in Corwin Connect. Crises often amplify inequities that are hidden from view-especially for historically marginalized students from linguistically and culturally diverse populations. Rather than focus on what we perceive is wrong or broken, we can achieve much greater success …
