Pedro A. Noguera “White students are the most segregated. What skills will they need to live in a pluralistic society?” “Focus on the conditions that allow people to grow.”
Jeff Wilhelm “All feedback is not created equal. Only a particular kind of feedback can be heard and are useful- that type is procedural (descriptive/causal) feedback.”
Bob and Kylene “Struggling readers get the least amount of free reading time.” Challenge: How can you adjust your literacy block to ensure that ALL readers get time to read every day? 30 minutes or more of independent reading.
Dick and Anne “Reading Access, Reading Volume, and Reading Achievement = Reading Culture” “Volume Matters!! Accessibility Matters!!” Challenge: How can you increase the accessibility of text students have access to at school and at home.
Kathy and Manuel Escamilla “Biliteracy without social justice is just literacy.”
Jeff Wilhelm “Aspire to integrity of implementation- teaching expertly to do what matters most and works best, instead of fidelity of implementation- doing exactly what the curriculum or someone else says to do.”
Alma and Isabel “Everyone is inserted in multiple cultures. Our alignment or non-alignment to each of the multiple cultures determine our own individuality.” • Where I'm from Poems • Pedagogy of Love - Chapter in Pedro's book referenced
Ofelia Garcia “Even though English rules my veins; Spanish runs my heart” -Emergent Bilingual 6 th Grader
Jeff Duncan Andrade “ Everybody needs to be the equity officer.” “You have to connect the data to the humanity of children, the community, and the opportunity to learn — it’s not just a target.”
Ron Walker “ Consider the weather inside as it relates to you and your role with boys of color and education. How does it happen that a gift from God becomes a menace to society? ” “If solutions are not informed by closeness to the pain, you will end up with aspirin” “Education is liberation...we must be warriors and lovers”
Alicia Grunow “We are not done when we figure out the what...we need to aim to figure out the how. The how is the really freaking hard part!”
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