Tag: illiteracy
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Panelist: White House Initiative on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity for Black Americans
On June 12 & 13, 2024, the White House Initiative on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity for Black Americans and Discovery Education, convened the Power Up summit in Chicago, IL under the leadership of Malcolm Kenyatta (Chair, Presidential Advisory Commission) & Monique S. Toussaint (MA, GCDF), Senior Advisor, White House Initiative on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic…
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Beyond Dichotomies in the Quest for Raciosemiotic Architecture!
To accompany my Book Launch of “Black Immigrant Literacies: Intersections of Race, Language, and Culture in the Classroom,” Teachers College Press has just published the blog post, “Beyond Dichotomies in the Quest for Raciosemiotic Architecture: Black Immigrants in the United States.”
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My New Book is Finally Here!
Greetings Friends, Colleagues, Well-Wishers, Advocates! My new book “Black Immigrant Literacies: Intersections of Race, Language, and Culture in the Classroom” is now available!
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You’re Invited to my Book Launch!
From the co-author of “Affirming Black Students’ Lives and Literacies: Bearing Witness,” join us to celebrate the launch of the book, “Black Immigrant Literacies: Intersections of Race, Language, and Culture in the Classroom”! Event Details• December 7, 2023• TECO Hall, USF College of Education, Tampa Campus• 5:00 p.m. Reception in the College of Education Rotunda;…
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What will it take to rethink the idea of ‘invented illiteracy’ used to characterize Black peoples worldwide?
Recently, I attended another literacy function and was once again assailed by the insistence of well-intentioned educators on describing large numbers of students as “underperforming” due to their “illiteracy”. I was startled. It occurred to me that even with the insurmountable evidence we now have about students’ holistic literate capacities, there is a dedicated effort…
Patriann Smith, Ph.D. 