Ernest Morrell with Cati de los Rios

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…

Ofelia Garcia with Estrella Olivares-Orellana

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.…