California English Journal — April 2017
Theme: Equity and Excellence - Our Ultimate Destination
Artist of this issue: EMILY NATHAN

Contents
WRITING FOR THEIR LIVES IN THE DEEPER PART OF HELL
PEDRO A. NOGUERA
LEARNING TO READ RACE: MULTICULTURAL LITERATURE CAN FOSTER RACIAL LITERACY AND EMPOWER STUDENTS
PAULA M. L. MOYA AND MARYAM G. HAMEDANI
READING COMPREHENSION AND STEM CAREERS: EQUITY CONSIDERATIONS
DONNA CACCAMISE AND EILEEN KINTSCH
THE ENERGY OF DIFFERENCE: TEACHING READING INDUCTIVELY
ROSEMARY DEEN
LYRICS MATTER: WHY HIP HOP AND SPOKEN WORD WORK IN PRISONS AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS
BRYONN BAIN AND TONGO EISENMARTIN
IF NOT YOU, THEN WHO, & IF NOT NOW, THEN WHEN?: MAINTAINING A SOCIAL JUSTICE PARADIGM AS A NOVICE EDUCATOR
RUBEN A. GONZALEZ
1000 WORDS FOR ENGLISH LEARNERS
CYNTHIA DOLLINS
JILL HAMILTON-BUNCH
THE CATE BOARD
CATE BALLOT FOR 2017 POSITIONS
Features and Columns
PRESIDENT’S PERSPECTIVE
THE POWER OF READING
FROM THE EDITOR
THE BOOK IN QUESTION
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Call for Manuscripts
Next Issue: September 2017
Theme: THE LIVES OF OTHERS: TEACHING MEMOIR, BIOGRAPHY, AND AUTOBIOGRAPHY
What can students learn from biographies about history, about the world, about themselves? How does the study of exceptional lives, from the picture book Six Dots: A Story of the Young Louis Braille by Jen Bryant to Sonia Sotomayor’s My Beautiful Life, inspire young readers to work toward lofty goals of their own? What memoirs, biographies, or autobiographies do you choose to put in your students’ hands and how do you invite them to respond to the lives of others?
Due Date: August 1, 2017