Lesley Bracero and Natoia Franklin are educators and published writers with strong ties to Waukegan, North Chicago and Zion, who collaborate as the Melanated Authors reading to schoolchildren and are ...
"She said, 'Mommy why don't they show brown people in movies and books?'" A 7-year-old girl is determined to get multicultural crayons and books featuring diverse characters into California classrooms ...
In a provocative 2004 speech entitled “I Have a Plan to Destroy America,” Richard D. Lamm, the former three-term Governor of Colorado, equated “multi-culturalism” with “the doctrine of ‘Victimology.’ ...
I. The sociological contexts of cultural authenticity. 1. The complexity of cultural authenticity in children's literature : why the debates really matter / Kathy G. Short and Dana L. Fox -- 2.
Even as the world works towards a more progressive future, the sphere of education has yet to make significant steps towards progress. Literature choices are limited for students and require them to ...
SCRANTON: The 24th MELUS Conference, a four-day literature convention featuring a multitude of educational panels, workshops, readings and plenary speakers, including Jay Parini, Marilyn Chin, Sonia ...
Planning your summer and looking to learn more? Explore how to use multicultural children's and young adult literature as a tool for promoting social justice in classrooms, delve into STEM teaching ...
American Studies is an interdisciplinary approach to the study of the United States, past and present. Students approach the study of American cultures through such diverse fields as history, ...