Dr. Ernest Morrell is Professor of Education at Teachers College, Columbia University, Director of the Institute of Urban and Minority Education (IUME), and President-Elect of National Council of the Teaching of English (NCTE). Prior to becoming a professor and researcher, he was an award-winning high school English teacher in his hometown of Oakland, California. In…
Dr. Federico Waitoller is an Assistant Professor of Special Education at the University of Illinois, Chicago. His work focuses on multiple yet intersecting strands of research: teacher learning for inclusive education, and the disproportionate numbers of students of color in special education settings. Over “a shot of espresso with a drop of milk” (Dr. Waitoller’s…
Dr. Maria Torres-Guzmán is a full professor in the Bilingual-Bicultural Education Program at Teachers College, Columbia University. Professor Torres-Guzmán’s interests lie in the space where culture and language intersect in the classroom as well as in broader society. In conversation here with Estrella Olivares-Orellana, Professor Torres-Guzmán takes us on a journey from her initial steps in venturing into…
Kiran Bir Sethi founded the Riverside School, in Ahmedabad, India, in 2001. Her school is based on the idea that students learn best when they believe that they have agency (the school slogan is “I can”). The students at Riverside become involved in local issues, research and design their own learning, and believe in their own…
Dr. Daniel Friedrich is an Assistant Professor of Curriculum, in the Department of Curriculum and Teaching, at Teachers College, Columbia University. Professor Friedrich has described himself as interested in “the ways in which the citizen is produced through different ideas of responsibility and the role given to history in guiding the present and the future.…
Dr. Ofelia García is Professor in the Ph.D. programs of Urban Education and of Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Literatures and Languages at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. Among her recent books are Bilingual Education in the 21st Century: A Global Perspective; Educating Emergent Bilinguals (with J. Kleifgen), Handbook of Language and Ethnic Identity (with J. Fishman), Negotiating Language Policies in Schools: Educators as Policymakers (with K.…
Stephanie Krauss appeared on the PBS Newshour recently to discuss the Shearwater High School, which she founded at the age of 21. A high school dropout herself, Krauss knew firsthand some of the barriers that make success at school so elusive for some students. She agreed to speak with Deirdre Faughey (via cell phone) about…
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