California English Journal — April 2017

Theme: Equity and Excellence - Our Ultimate Destination

Artist of this issue: EMILY NATHAN

California English - The quarterly journal of the California Association of Teachers of English. Equity and Excellence: Our Ultimate Destination. Vol. 22, No 4; April 2017.

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