item: #1 of 57 id: afe-3256 author: Berliner, David title: Thoughts on the 1st of May date: 2017 words: 1810 flesch: 59 summary: For our 50 million or so public school students, school teachers are the face of America. And public school teachers throughout our country are being abused, while little is being done to moderate those trends. keywords: education; schools; teachers; unions cache: afe-3256.pdf plain text: afe-3256.txt item: #2 of 57 id: afe-3257 author: Guerrero, Ernesto title: Appreciating a College-Going Culture in Public Education date: 2017 words: 1912 flesch: 59 summary: According to the California Department of Education (2016), in 2015-2016 only 34.2% of Ventura County high school graduates had completed the “A-G Requirements,” which is the necessary curriculum required for admission to the University of California (UC) and California State University (CSU) systems. This is based not on the quality of the education students receive, but rather, on the simple fact that nearly two-thirds of Ventura County students do not complete the needed courses for admission to the two state university systems. keywords: completion; county; education; ventura cache: afe-3257.pdf plain text: afe-3257.txt item: #3 of 57 id: afe-3258 author: Itkonen, Tiina title: Why Vouchers Aren't Good for the (Re)Public date: 2017 words: 2537 flesch: 59 summary: Arguments in favor of vouchers claim that they promote parental school choice, allow for competition that improves public schools, or that private school education is simply superior (e.g., Suarez, 1998). Public schools then are pillars of democracy. keywords: education; good; program; public; school; students; vouchers cache: afe-3258.pdf plain text: afe-3258.txt item: #4 of 57 id: afe-3259 author: Weis, W. title: Uninformed Attacks on Public Education Have Increased date: 2017 words: 3201 flesch: 44 summary: This suggests that public official’s disparagement of public schools have created an image of failing schools that does not reflect the experiences of the majority of those who have regular contact with local public schools. The Success of Public Schools The truth, as supported by data and research, is that public schools are successful and continue to accomplish excellent outcomes even with changing demographics of students. keywords: age; attacks; charter; education; public; schools; students; weis cache: afe-3259.pdf plain text: afe-3259.txt item: #5 of 57 id: afe-3260 author: Stevenson, Brigette title: To Recognize a Teacher-Never a Fisherman date: 2017 words: 645 flesch: 88 summary: To Recognize a Teacher Volume 1, Issue 1 2017 Allies for Education 2017, 1, 1 https://journals.library.csuci.edu/ojs/index.php/afe To Recognize a Teacher Brigette Stevenson Graduate Student, School of Education, California State University Channel Islands Teacher, Las Virgenes Unified School District, California I was never a fisherman She currently teaches fourth grade with Las Virgenes Unified School District. keywords: teacher cache: afe-3260.pdf plain text: afe-3260.txt item: #6 of 57 id: afe-3261 author: Hoffman, Jaimie; Garcia, Julissa title: “Private and Prestigious” Does Not Necessarily Equal Perfect Fit date: 2017 words: 2061 flesch: 42 summary: Defining public and private The main difference between private and public universities is how they are funded; public universities are created and funded by state governments whereas private universities are established and funded by people not in government. For the rest of this article when we discuss private universities, we are referring to non-profit only because we believe for-profit institutions should be considered separately. keywords: fit; students; universities; university cache: afe-3261.pdf plain text: afe-3261.txt item: #7 of 57 id: afe-3262 author: Lynn, David title: A New Guy's Understanding of Bilingual Education date: 2017 words: 1688 flesch: 58 summary: As it turns out, difficulties come up in A New Guy's Understanding of Bilingual Education David Lynn Allies for Education 2017, 1, 1 https://journals.library.csuci.edu/ojs/index.php/afe math in just about every imaginable ELL issue area: academic language terminology, confusion in common language use, and hard-to-translate terms. A proficiency in academic language skills clearly takes longer to develop; experience finds that ELLs will normally take five to seven years to develop skills sufficient to catch up to standard grade-level capabilities. keywords: education; english; language; school cache: afe-3262.pdf plain text: afe-3262.txt item: #8 of 57 id: afe-3263 author: Sortino, Lori title: Circle Structure: Utilizing the Wisdom in the Room date: 2017 words: 1621 flesch: 68 summary: When I fell into learning about systems through a network I joined around the time I attended the NEXUS conference, I began to understand how systems work and was able to see how the structure of a social system (its hierarchy, rules, agreements, guiding principles and values) influences behavior. Educators have an important role in helping young people enter mentally, emotionally and socially healthy situations. keywords: circle; people; room; system cache: afe-3263.pdf plain text: afe-3263.txt item: #9 of 57 id: afe-3264 author: Hunt, Sebastián title: Redefine Anxiety: A Message of Hope date: 2017 words: 6 flesch: 73 summary: Redefine Anxiety by Sebastián Tomás Hunt keywords: hunt cache: afe-3264.htm plain text: afe-3264.txt item: #10 of 57 id: afe-3265 author: DeLeon, Penelope title: OUHSD: Turning the Vision of Post-Secondary Options for Every Student into a Reality date: 2018 words: 874 flesch: 35 summary: That being said, it must also be strongly noted that all of the districts which have already aligned their graduation requirements did so over a ten-year or longer planning and implementation process, which included multiple revisions, versions and ultimately tiered graduation requirements – which give alternate options to students who struggle to meet the A-G requirements. This is not a process that happens overnight, because when the graduation requirements change without a thoroughly vetted plan for the academic, social and emotional supports to ensure students meet the more rigorous set of requirements, the graduation rate plummets, and the community suffers. keywords: graduation; requirements; school cache: afe-3265.pdf plain text: afe-3265.txt item: #11 of 57 id: afe-3266 author: Kohn, Alfie title: Your Hand's Not Raised? Too Bad: I'm Calling on You Anyway" date: 2018 words: 2610 flesch: 60 summary: And of course that old chestnut: I suffered through it; why shouldn’t they?[2] Children in school are rarely questioned with such ferocity, but similar moral and pedagogical concerns arise — with particular urgency, in fact, precisely because they are younger: Should teachers call on students who haven’t indicated they want to talk and, in fact, have tacitly indicated they don’t want to talk? I recently suggested on Twitter that this practice — “cold-calling” — is so fundamentally disrespectful of students that I’d be disinclined to take advice about anything from someone who endorsed it. keywords: calling; kohn; students; teacher cache: afe-3266.pdf plain text: afe-3266.txt item: #12 of 57 id: afe-3267 author: Sevier, Brian title: No More Empty Pails: The Time Is Now for Great Teaching date: 2018 words: 1842 flesch: 52 summary: If some teachers might have seen deficits, and some surely did, that was not how Mrs. Levine viewed her students. Long before today’s emphasis on close reading, Mrs. Levine had us examining non-fiction texts specifically related to our young lives, including op-ed pieces and even, once, the transcript of a trial. keywords: classroom; levine; mrs; teaching cache: afe-3267.pdf plain text: afe-3267.txt item: #13 of 57 id: afe-3268 author: Jewett, Michelle title: Ethnic Studies and Good Teaching: A Research Summary date: 2018 words: 1812 flesch: 33 summary: However, Ethnic Studies can be traced as far back as the 1900's when educator and historian W.E.B. Dubois argued for the teaching of Black history in U.S. schools (Anderson, 2016). In higher education, Ethnic Studies began in 1968 after grassroots organizing and student demand sparked programs at San Francisco State University, UC Berkley, and UC Santa Barbara (Hu-Dehart, 1993). keywords: district; education; research; schools; students; studies cache: afe-3268.pdf plain text: afe-3268.txt item: #14 of 57 id: afe-3269 author: Pabers, Christina title: Integrating Yoga Practices into School Routines: A Research Summary date: 2018 words: 3233 flesch: 35 summary: Given current patterns of school enrollment, in which U.S. children are more https://www.samhsa.gov/trauma-violence https://www.psychologytoday.com/conditions/post-traumatic-stress-disorder http://www.nctsn.org/trauma-types http://www.nctsn.org/trauma-types https://www.census.gov/popclock/ Integrating Yoga Practices into School Routines Christina Pabers Allies for Education 2018, 1, 2 https://journals.library.csuci.edu/ojs/index.php/afe deeply segregated by socioeconomic status than by race (Morrison, 2016), it would stand to reason that childhood trauma impacts the great majority of youth in our nation’s most impoverished schools. Integrating Yoga Practices into School Routines Christina Pabers Allies for Education 2018, 1, 2 https://journals.library.csuci.edu/ojs/index.php/afe With this article, I hope to help bring more attention to the problem of childhood trauma and to encourage parents, educators, health practitioners, and other leaders in our region to work together in understanding and addressing it. keywords: children; health; learning; practices; ptsd; school; stress; trauma; yoga cache: afe-3269.pdf plain text: afe-3269.txt item: #15 of 57 id: afe-3270 author: Backe, Jennifer title: Using Yoga, Mindfulness and Social-Emotional Learning to Promote Student Success date: 2018 words: 1263 flesch: 66 summary: Looking at the effects of trauma on the brain, it is obvious a shift needs to occur in the educational setting in order to promote student success. With the use of these strategies, students are able to identify how they feel and then choose a tool to help regulate their emotions. keywords: learning; student; yoga cache: afe-3270.pdf plain text: afe-3270.txt item: #16 of 57 id: afe-3271 author: Drescher, Talya title: Risk Taking in Education: A Growth Experience date: 2018 words: 1503 flesch: 54 summary: Students reported being scared of interacting with George and to be honest, I was filled with worry about all the things that could go wrong: the technology not working as expected, students refusing to participate, and my own ability to integrate teaching with the tool. We were of the belief that these two groups of future teachers should learn, share and collaborate with each other as they work toward earning their professional credential so that once in Risk Taking in Education: A Growth Experience Talya Drescher Allies for Education 2018, 1, 2 https://journals.library.csuci.edu/ojs/index.php/afe the field, these skills would be practiced rather than new. keywords: education; students; teaching cache: afe-3271.pdf plain text: afe-3271.txt item: #17 of 57 id: afe-3272 author: Duran, Monica title: Good Teaching date: 2018 words: 1494 flesch: 52 summary: When I enter an elementary classroom wearing a university supervisor hat in search of good mentoring for student teachers, I’m hoping to find a place that is welcoming, cheerful, and kid-friendly. Perhaps student teachers identify caring so easily because of their unique role as student and teacher, simultaneously. keywords: student; teachers; teaching cache: afe-3272.pdf plain text: afe-3272.txt item: #18 of 57 id: afe-3273 author: Lynn, David title: A New Guy's Suggestion for Good Teachers date: 2018 words: 1596 flesch: 74 summary: Good teachers have also taught me to let students go off-task at times and use those experiences to build connections. A New Guy's Suggestion for Good Teachers Volume 1, Issue 2 2018 Allies for Education 2018, 1, 2 https://journals.library.csuci.edu/ojs/index.php/afe A New Guy's Suggestion for Good Teachers David Lynn Graduate Student, School of Education, CSU Channel Islands Math Teacher, Oxnard High School I have heard and read numerous directions on how to be a good teacher: show care and compassion; manage the classroom effectively; be an empathetic communicator with students; know and organize the area content with compelling lesson plans and a flexible classroom approach; combine an understanding of cognitive constructs with personal connection. keywords: school; students; teacher cache: afe-3273.pdf plain text: afe-3273.txt item: #19 of 57 id: afe-3274 author: Sanchez, Amanda title: I Didn't Know date: 2018 words: 7 flesch: 90 summary: I didn't Know... by Amanda Sanchez keywords: sanchez cache: afe-3274.htm plain text: afe-3274.txt item: #20 of 57 id: afe-3275 author: Silva, María title: El Padre/guardián y la conexión al educador, criando a la siguiente generación date: 2018 words: 717 flesch: 46 summary: En  México  tuve  la  oportunidad  de  prepararme  como  maestra  de  educación  media;  y  de  servir  a  mis   estudiantes  impartiendo  más  que  conocimientos,  vivencias,  y  valores,  que  creo  son  importantes  para   motivar  a  los  estudiantes  a  realizar  sus  sueños;  no  importando  las  condiciones  ni  los  obstáculos  a  los  que   nos  enfrentamos.   Tenemos  cosas  maravillosas  que  ofrecer  a  la  formación  de  nuestros  hijos,  y  me  refiero  a   todos  los  niveles  educativos  desde  preescolar  hasta  la  universidad.   keywords: que cache: afe-3275.pdf plain text: afe-3275.txt item: #21 of 57 id: afe-3276 author: Quintero, Elizabeth title: Giving and Receiving Stories: Intergenerational Pathways for Survival date: 2018 words: 3011 flesch: 67 summary: 0BGiving and Receiving Stories: Intergenerational Pathways for Survival Volume 2, Issue 1 2018 Allies for Education 2018, 1, 2 https://journals.library.csuci.edu/ojs/index.php/afe Giving and Receiving Stories: Intergenerational Pathways for Survival Elizabeth P. Quintero Professor and Chair of Early Childhood Studies CSU Channel Islands DREAMING TOGETHER SOÑANDO JUNTOS a dream un sueño we dream los soñamos alone solos reality la realidad we dream nos soñamos together juntos (Alarcón, 2005, p. 29) 0BGiving and Receiving Stories: Intergenerational Pathways for Survival Elizabeth P. Quintero Allies for Education 2018, 2, 1 https://journals.library.csuci.edu/ojs/index.php/afe Truth and lies. keywords: children; nico; receiving; stories; story; whale; world cache: afe-3276.pdf plain text: afe-3276.txt item: #22 of 57 id: afe-3277 author: Callaway-Cole, Larisa; Huerta, Valeria; Ramirez, Blanca; Ramirez, Karina; Seyssel, Ariana; Shaffer, Brooke; Wilcox, Emily title: Community Care and Concern: Moving Outside School to Build Connections date: 2018 words: 2326 flesch: 58 summary: But  the  biggest  intention  is  for  students  to  engage  with  children  and   families  in  a  context  that  is  familiar  to  those  children  and  families,  but  possibly  unfamiliar  to  the   students.   Microsoft Word - 352-99Z_Article Text-1411-2-11-20180919-1.docx Volume  2,  Issue  1   2018   Allies  for  Education  2018,  1,  2   https://journals.library.csuci.edu/ojs/index.php/afe     Community  Care  and  Concern:  Moving  Outside   School  to  Build  Connections     Larisa  Callaway-­‐Cole   Lecturer,  Early  Childhood  Studies   CSU  Channel  Islands     with   Valeria  Huerta   Blanca  Ramirez   Karina  Ramirez   Ariana  Seyssel   Brooke  Shaffer   Emily  Wilcox     Students,  Early  Childhood  Studies   CSU  Channel  Islands   As  an  early  childhood  studies  lecturer,  I  strive  to  help  my  students  connect  theory  to  practice  and   engage  deeply  in  their  learning  with  children  and  families. keywords: children; community; families cache: afe-3277.pdf plain text: afe-3277.txt item: #23 of 57 id: afe-3278 author: Drescher, Talya title: Invisible Disability, Visible Implications: Eleanor’s Story date: 2018 words: 2001 flesch: 59 summary: Watching  Eleanor  and  her  family  go  through  this  process  has  been  difficult,  partly  because  I  know  that   we  do  not  always  have  systems  and  structures  in  place  for  children  who  match  Eleanor’s  profile.     Eleanor  and  children  like  her  are  smart,  interested  in  learning  and  desire  to  be  accepted  by  peers.   keywords: children; education; eleanor; learning cache: afe-3278.pdf plain text: afe-3278.txt item: #24 of 57 id: afe-3279 author: Eldanaf, Suesue title: Middle Eastern Microaggressions 101: A Resource for Promoting Cultural Competence in the Classroom date: 2018 words: 9 flesch: 47 summary: The Middle Eastern Microaggressions 101 by Suesue Suesue Eldanaf keywords: suesue cache: afe-3279.htm plain text: afe-3279.txt item: #25 of 57 id: afe-3280 author: Fernandez, Adriana title: Culturally Relevant Programming for Spanish Speaking Families date: 2018 words: 2171 flesch: 48 summary: While Latino parents make it a point to be involved in their student’s educational lives, much of their involvement falls outside traditional understandings of what parental “involvement” typically looks like (Lopez, 2001). College knowledge: What Latino parents need to know and why they don’t know it. keywords: college; education; families; parents; students cache: afe-3280.pdf plain text: afe-3280.txt item: #26 of 57 id: afe-3281 author: Hurtado, Carolee title: Community Engagement: School and Family Partnerships to Support Mutual Learning date: 2018 words: 2598 flesch: 61 summary: Parents  and  children  could  each  share  their  problem-­‐ solving  strategies.   Parents’  and  children’s  confidence  grew. keywords: children; mathematics; parents; school cache: afe-3281.pdf plain text: afe-3281.txt item: #27 of 57 id: afe-3282 author: Justice, Kaitlyn title: My Journey Through Injustice date: 2018 words: 2754 flesch: 64 summary: Fast forward to high school. It was in high school that I began to notice the differential, unethical treatment of disadvantaged students, especially those who were poor, who came from immigrant 0BMy Journey Through Injustice Kaitlyn Justice Allies for Education 2018, 2, 1 https://journals.library.csuci.edu/ojs/index.php/afe families and who had parents who only spoke Spanish. keywords: children; college; education; journey; school; students cache: afe-3282.pdf plain text: afe-3282.txt item: #28 of 57 id: afe-3283 author: Paredes, Jesse title: Concerning Fatherhood: One Day at a Time date: 2018 words: 1186 flesch: 74 summary: You see, when you go through something as heartbreaking and as gut wrenching as the loss of your first love, while having children, you do not have the option to wallow. However, in my family, child rearing was typically left to my mother, my abuelita, and my tias. keywords: children; education cache: afe-3283.pdf plain text: afe-3283.txt item: #29 of 57 id: afe-3284 author: Rosales, Nadia; Lomax, Danna title: Familial Wisdom in the Classroom date: 2018 words: 2991 flesch: 66 summary: What is peace education, and what does it look like in practice? According to Bajaj and Chui (2009), peace education includes the co-disciplines of development education, human rights education, environmental education, conflict resolution, and disarmament education (p. 449). keywords: education; nadia; peace; project; school cache: afe-3284.pdf plain text: afe-3284.txt item: #30 of 57 id: afe-3285 author: Pément, Nancy-Jean title: The Lifelong Learning of Mother Teachers Learners date: 2018 words: 3011 flesch: 49 summary: Many  of  the  teachers  interviewed  by  Lawrence-­‐Lightfoot  indicated  that  their  roles  as  mothers  had   implications  for  them  in  their  professional  lives.   Most  notably,  teachers  who  were  mothers  claimed  to   better  understand  the  complexities  of  childhood  development  and  of  learning,  and  felt  they  were  less   judgmental  and  more  forgiving  of  individual  foibles  among  both  students  and  parents. keywords: children; education; mothering; mothers; student cache: afe-3285.pdf plain text: afe-3285.txt item: #31 of 57 id: afe-3286 author: Taha-Resnick, Adria; Tollefson, Kaia; Karp, Joan title: Economic, Social, and Moral Imperatives of Early Care and Education: Understanding the National Context and Finding Solutions (Part 1) date: 2018 words: 4558 flesch: 38 summary: Figure 1 shows the startling economic impact of investing in early childhood education, as demonstrated by large, long-term, respected research studies on three high-quality early education programs. One initial strategy toward this end was to emphasize and invest in early childhood education, resulting in two realities that would be hard to imagine for American parents: In Finland, the cost of private day care is reimbursed, and there is publicly financed support for all types of childcare (Hiilamo, 2002; Anttonen, 1999). keywords: care; childhood; children; context; education; karp; national; quality; research; solutions; years cache: afe-3286.pdf plain text: afe-3286.txt item: #32 of 57 id: afe-3287 author: Taha-Resnick, Adria; Tollefson, Kaia; Karp, Joan title: Supporting Student Parents: Local Needs for Early Care and Education (Part 2) date: 2018 words: 2863 flesch: 35 summary: Further, student parents of color have lower incomes than white student parents. This is one-third of the national average of student parents attending a four-year university (Gault et al., 2014). keywords: care; children; county; education; parents; student; ventura cache: afe-3287.pdf plain text: afe-3287.txt item: #33 of 57 id: afe-3288 author: White, Annie title: Shared Voices: A Pathway to Strengthen Relationships with Homeless Young Children and Families date: 2018 words: 2920 flesch: 45 summary: Trauma, adversity, and parent–child relationships among young children experiencing homelessness. The sychrony of parent and child relationships through the sharing of Learning Stories can be understood through the theoretical framework lenses of “Ghosts and Angels in the Nursery” to examine the impact of Learning Stories on the these relationships. keywords: children; education; learning; parents; relationships; stories; teachers cache: afe-3288.pdf plain text: afe-3288.txt item: #34 of 57 id: afe-3289 author: Stein, Zachary title: The Education Commodity Proposition: Getting to the Root date: 2019 words: 3786 flesch: 49 summary: These are just a few examples of differences in educational value that easily and regularly escape measurement and therefore are not included in the official calculation of what a curriculum is “worth.” Of course, there are countless undetected forms of educational value provided by teachers that are not factored into such calculations, such as their ability to foster independent thinking, deal with interpersonal struggles, or bring hope and humor into the lives of their students. keywords: commodity; commodity proposition; education; education commodity; labor; proposition; students; value cache: afe-3289.pdf plain text: afe-3289.txt item: #35 of 57 id: afe-3290 author: Jones, Dale title: Standardized Tests and Their Impact on Students and Learning date: 2019 words: 975 flesch: 64 summary: The resulting acceleration is truly unfair to many students who can’t keep up, and teaching is reduced to test preparation, with little time for reteaching, and no time to allow students to explore their passions and questions. Combine the secrecy, security measures, the timing towards the end of the school year, and of course the weeks-long length of CAASPP testing and the message to students that this is the most important thing they’ll do this year is undeniable. keywords: learning; students cache: afe-3290.pdf plain text: afe-3290.txt item: #36 of 57 id: afe-3291 author: Grier, Jeanne title: Graded Events: What does a grade mean? Considerations on grading for students, teachers, and families. date: 2019 words: 5 flesch: 100 summary: Graded Events by Jeanne Grier keywords: grier cache: afe-3291.htm plain text: afe-3291.txt item: #37 of 57 id: afe-3292 author: Smith, Jolan title: Making Assessment Equitable for Learners on an Alternate Curriculum date: 2019 words: 3511 flesch: 37 summary: For teachers like Ms. Hernandez who support students on an Alternate Curriculum, the way to ensure equitable and just assessments that promote student growth is to become knowledgeable of proper assessment procedures. For students on Alternate Curriculum, the field needs assessment practices that are comprehensive, on-going, formative, and carefully selected to identify student growth and strengths. keywords: assessment; charlie; curriculum; hernandez; skills; students cache: afe-3292.pdf plain text: afe-3292.txt item: #38 of 57 id: afe-3293 author: Spence, Melissa; Wesley, Tymika title: Preparing Teacher Candidates for Diverse Learners: Are We Doing Enough? date: 2019 words: 2929 flesch: 39 summary: Many first-year teachers enter the field feeling underprepared to handle the level of skill and expertise required to effectively instruct diverse students (Delpit, 2006; Paris, 2012). Candidates must observe and interact with culturally responsive teachers and classrooms with diverse students to practice designing culturally responsive instruction (Kea & Trent, 2013). keywords: achievement; candidates; design; education; instruction; students; teacher; teaching cache: afe-3293.pdf plain text: afe-3293.txt item: #39 of 57 id: afe-3294 author: Fleisher, Steven title: Understanding Self-Assessment and the Implications for Student Learning date: 2019 words: 6 flesch: 31 summary: Understanding Self Assessment by Steven Fleisher keywords: fleisher cache: afe-3294.htm plain text: afe-3294.txt item: #40 of 57 id: afe-3295 author: Guerrero, Ernesto title: Academic Advising and the Evaluation of Student Petitions: A Vehicle for Student Equity and Justice date: 2019 words: 4068 flesch: 42 summary: In academic advising, one area in which we wrestle with the question of evaluation and how we apply it to students is in regards to how we evaluate student petitions. Student petitions are fundamental vehicle through which students interact with the “administration” of a university. keywords: academic; advising; advisors; education; equity; petitions; student; university cache: afe-3295.pdf plain text: afe-3295.txt item: #41 of 57 id: afe-3296 author: Grier, Jeanne title: Assessment Overview: A guide to various kinds and reasons for assessment before, during, and after teaching date: 2019 words: 5 flesch: 49 summary: Assessment Overview by Jeanne Grier keywords: assessment cache: afe-3296.htm plain text: afe-3296.txt item: #42 of 57 id: afe-3297 author: Morales Bravo, Brenda; Weis, Charles title: Achieving Reading Equity: A Systematic Program Evaluation of a Reading Intervention Program date: 2019 words: 7439 flesch: 58 summary: Conducting systematic evaluations of reading intervention programs can provide specific feedback to enhance the equitable instructional opportunity and effectiveness of such reading intervention programs (Jason, 2008). Achieving Reading Equity: A Systematic Program Evaluation of a Reading Intervention Program Brenda Morales Bravo; Charles Weis Allies for Education 2018, 2, 2 https://journals.library.csuci.edu/ojs/index.php/afe Conclusions and Recommendations In pursuit of reading equity, educators identify students’ reading needs and learning gaps, then design and implement necessary reading intervention programs to enhance reading skills. keywords: deviation std; intervention; intervention program; mean; program; program evaluation; reading; std cache: afe-3297.pdf plain text: afe-3297.txt item: #43 of 57 id: afe-3298 author: Baker, Raquel title: Suturing the Break: An Anti-Racist Pedagogy Column date: 2020 words: 1230 flesch: 28 summary: In this column, I offer some of the issues that animate my thinking about anti-racist pedagogy. Anti-racist pedagogy is relational work in which you have to co-build embodied languages and spaces in which people can do heart work and be vulnerable with themselves and be open to others and engaging across differences in power and awareness of how oppression operates in the everyday – which is already embedded in economic systems and everyday decisions about how resources are used and invested within academic spaces. keywords: education; pedagogy; practices cache: afe-3298.pdf plain text: afe-3298.txt item: #44 of 57 id: afe-3299 author: Collective, EDJ; Figueroa, Jennifer title: Reflections on Self-Care and (In)Justice: Commemorating the 4th Anniversary of Educators Doing Justice (EDJ) date: 2020 words: 888 flesch: 63 summary: EDJ is committed to cultivating and enacting a coalition mindset, networking with other inclusive justice workers in the region, and building a system for shared communication and positive, productive action in pursuit of social justice in and through education https://www.educatorsdoingjustice.org/ https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.educatorsdoingjustice.org%2F&data=04%7C01%7Cmarco.ruiz%40csuci.edu%7C74aa0b82f23241511b5d08d8a2ed32d4%7Ce30f5bdb7f18435b84369d84aa7b96dd%7C1%7C0%7C637438486937974810%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=gTTmdPgTH%2BTz2e1xrCv89by37ED0bgjGtcLq9WmDXxk%3D&reserved=0 Reflections on Self-Care and (In)Justice: Commemorating the 4th Anniversary of Educators Doing Justice (EDJ) If good things take time, let me enjoy the journey. keywords: edj; justice cache: afe-3299.pdf plain text: afe-3299.txt item: #45 of 57 id: afe-3300 author: Lomax, Danna; Lopez, Shannon; Veldman, Brittnee; Pereira, Monica title: Connecting in Isolation: Utilizing Community Circles to Build Relationships in Online Learning date: 2020 words: 11000 flesch: 65 summary: In Section 3, we review each part of the Community Circle template (Appendix A), providing a description and purpose of each part of Circle as well as examples, tips and cautions to consider while planning, and how to adapt the Circle for online environments as needed. In Figure 4a (created using Bubbl.us), the image of a campfire was selected because it harkens back to the communal activity of sitting around a fire, and invokes the indigenous roots of Circle practice among indigenous peoples. keywords: brittnee; circle; community; education; isolation; learning; lomax; lopez; participants; questions; relationships; shannon; students; text cache: afe-3300.pdf plain text: afe-3300.txt item: #46 of 57 id: afe-3301 author: Drescher, Alexander; Drescher, Talya title: Das ist Leben date: 2020 words: 1962 flesch: 75 summary: He went from elementary school to a school comprised of grades five through 13. I am used to elementary school where you are in a class for the whole day with one teacher and all of my books were in a desk. keywords: alex; class; school cache: afe-3301.pdf plain text: afe-3301.txt item: #47 of 57 id: afe-3302 author: Baxter, Holly; Drescher, Talya; Ballesteros-Sola, Maria title: Gender Identity Awareness and Inclusion: Developing and Implementing a K-5 Lesson Plan Trajectory to Support All Students date: 2020 words: 3676 flesch: 39 summary: Due to the possibility of negative outcomes after self-identification, it is difficult to determine exact numbers of gender nonconforming students or families in the district, however the wide variety of gender expression in OPUSD students merited acknowledgement and acceptance. Gender Identity Awareness and Inclusion—Developing and Implementing a K-5 Lesson Plan Trajectory to Support All Students Holly Baxter; Talya Drescher Allies for Education 2020, 3, 1 https://journals.library.csuci.edu/ojs/index.php/afe OPUSD began considering the need for an elementary level gender diversity lesson plan in Fall, 2018 in response to ongoing concerns for the support and well-being of gender nonconforming students in the elementary school setting. keywords: district; gender; inclusion; lesson; plan; school; students; support cache: afe-3302.pdf plain text: afe-3302.txt item: #48 of 57 id: afe-3303 author: Pereira, Monica; Lomax, Danna; Veldman, Brittnee title: Social Justice and Social and Emotional Learning in the Classroom date: 2020 words: 3838 flesch: 48 summary: Social Justice and Social and Emotional Learning in the Classroom Monica Pereira; Danna Lomax; Britnee Veldman Allies for Education 2020, 3, 1 https://journals.library.csuci.edu/ojs/index.php/afe The No-Fault Zone®: Using a Practical, Literature-Based Approach to Teaching SEL As stated earlier, SEL helps build competence in acquiring and applying the knowledge, attitudes, and skills necessary to understand and manage emotions, set and achieve positive goals, show empathy for others, establish and maintain positive relationships, and make responsible decisions. ojs_afe_v3-1_pereira_social-just_galley Volume 3, Issue 1 2020 Allies for Education 2020, 3, 1 https://journals.library.csuci.edu/ojs/index.php/afe Social Justice and Social and Emotional Learning in the Classroom Monica Pereira Danna Lomax Brittnee Veldman keywords: classroom; danna; education; justice; learning; needs; sel; social cache: afe-3303.pdf plain text: afe-3303.txt item: #49 of 57 id: afe-3304 author: Almond, Devon title: Curricula for Meaningful Work through Listening in a Different Voice date: 2020 words: 2313 flesch: 50 summary: When it comes to curricular practices that inform, influence, and inspire meaningful work, we are wise to access, include, and then integrate a different voice into education, life, and work. Curricula for Meaningful Work through Listening in a Different Voice Devon Almond Allies for Education 2020, 3, 1 https://journals.library.csuci.edu/ojs/index.php/afe This connection between life purpose, meaningful work, human flourishing, and well-being is of particular interest to positive psychologists. keywords: education; life; listening; voice; work cache: afe-3304.pdf plain text: afe-3304.txt item: #50 of 57 id: afe-3305 author: Helmstedter, Russell title: The Fallacy of Approaching Education Reform through a Singular Lens date: 2020 words: 2064 flesch: 52 summary: Students were able to take two math courses each year, therefore, allowing students who fail multiple courses the chance to still reach calculus by senior year. Since it is teachers who limit the potential of students in lower track classes, which are disproportionately filled with poor students and students of color, by not offering the same engaging curriculum as students in the high-level tracks, schools should get rid of tracking. keywords: dudley; education; marling; railside; school; students cache: afe-3305.pdf plain text: afe-3305.txt item: #51 of 57 id: afe-3306 author: Pabers, Christina; Walsh, Thérèse title: RESET Initiative®: Practical strategies for supporting educators and students date: 2020 words: 1139 flesch: 33 summary: To learn more about RESET Initiative in the United States or Más Respiración Consciente in Mexico visit Resetinitiative.com and Masrespiracionconsciente.com. Date Filmed, August, 2020 View As RESET protocols are used for increasing lengths of time, their effects on teacher and student wellness, academic performance, and school culture will be observed. keywords: educators; initiative; reset; students cache: afe-3306.pdf plain text: afe-3306.txt item: #52 of 57 id: afe-3307 author: Yao, Richard title: Our Minute in History date: 2021 words: 881 flesch: 62 summary: This powerful reminder of hope was reinforced when another colleague sent me a journal article entitled “Teaching: The Lessons of Hope” where hope was conceptualized and defined as “a perceived capacity to produce clear goals, along with the routes to reach these goals (pathways thinking) and the motivation to use those routes (agency thinking)” It was clear that the weight of this continued violence and loss of life can easily result in us giving up hope, and some I spoke with even raised the possibility that our efforts to make racial and social justice a reality may be futile. keywords: hope; minute cache: afe-3307.pdf plain text: afe-3307.txt item: #53 of 57 id: afe-3308 author: Centino, Nicholas title: Ethnic Studies and the Enduring Legacy of Movements for Racial Justice in California date: 2021 words: 2277 flesch: 34 summary: Despite the positive success of Ethnic Studies classes nationwide, a 2014 study examining the implementation of Ethnic Studies in the San Francisco school district found persistent impediments and opposition to Ethnic Studies in public education but also provided key practices to adequately prepare teachers to offer Ethnic Studies curriculum (Tintiangco-Cubales, 2014). Resources and Further Reading in Ethnic Studies Compiled by Dr. Jose Alamillo and the CSUCI Ethnic Studies Council Reading List on Ethnic Studies https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Jqua6pDP2vYcuoURBTmco-ZFdy2pP2eO/view AB-1460 California State University: graduation requirement: Ethnic Studies https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billStatusClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1460 Core Competencies for Ethnic Studies Systemwide Graduation Requirement https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cTI83tjVw86Kdkw4i6LoWj1bEKwy8oWj/edit Historical Timeline of Ethnic Studies at CSUCI https://docs.google.com/document/d/1srcEEl1YouAv8NNt6lKhEtiGXA3hErlC- O_gapPy70c/edit?usp=sharing CSUCI Ethnic Studies Speaker Series 2020-2021 Webinar Recordings https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nE0CaEqzqNgZqDpgk8auDmFsWhCEjMzbs1alJ5SGbzw/edit?usp =sharing To contact the Ethnic Studies Council at CSUCI please email: ethnicstudiescouncil@csuci.edu About the Author Born and raised on the central coast, Nicholas F. Centino, Ph.D., earned his doctorate in Chicana & Chicano Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. keywords: california; education; justice; state; students; studies; university cache: afe-3308.pdf plain text: afe-3308.txt item: #54 of 57 id: afe-3309 author: Lurz, Violet title: Healthcare Inequities and the Interventions of Undergraduate Students and Institutions date: 2021 words: 1945 flesch: 35 summary: Next I will discuss the specific interventions with pre-health students - the area that needs the most attention related to my topic. Pre-health students and programs should use these campus-wide councils to their advantage by sending representatives to relay information to and from their program to effectively engage and contribute to these initiatives and conversations. keywords: communities; healthcare; pre; students; universities cache: afe-3309.pdf plain text: afe-3309.txt item: #55 of 57 id: afe-3310 author: Graham, Allison title: Binary Converginary: Front Lines, a World Apart Collide date: 2021 words: 863 flesch: 63 summary: Binary Converginary: Front Lines, a World Apart Collide Volume 3, Issue 2 2021 Allies for Education 2021, 3, 2 https://journals.library.csuci.edu/ojs/index.php/afe Binary Converginary: Front Lines, a World Apart Collide Allison Graham This was written as beat poetry to be performed as spoken word by two people. I was adopted by whites, given rights, Parents for scary nights, inc-u-bated Gestated indoctrinated, cerebral-lated, intelligence, expectations, postulations, demonstrations, aspirations Identity Binary Converginary: Front Lines, a World Apart Collide Allison Graham Allies for Education 2021, 3, 2 https://journals.library.csuci.edu/ojs/index.php/afe Conceptualize, revolutionize, opportun-alize. keywords: binary; converginary; lines cache: afe-3310.pdf plain text: afe-3310.txt item: #56 of 57 id: afe-3311 author: McManus, Lora title: Such a Beautiful Family: Transracial Adopted in A Monoracial- Dominant Society date: 2021 words: 1209 flesch: 85 summary: Swinging from the monkey bars, she reaches for the next bar, but her 4- year old wingspan falls just short. Faculty Meeting “And here we have our school climate survey data broken down by families of color versus white families.” keywords: age; family; school cache: afe-3311.pdf plain text: afe-3311.txt item: #57 of 57 id: afe-3312 author: Pereira, Monica title: Book Review: The Purpose of Power: How We Come Together When We Fall Apart: Alicia Garza, New World, 2020. date: 2021 words: 573 flesch: 59 summary: Garza’s book is a reminder that Black women have often been made invisible or relegated to supportive positions in social and political movements. Alicia Garza, One World, 2020. keywords: power; purpose cache: afe-3312.pdf plain text: afe-3312.txt