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Opinion: Liam Conejo Ramos is a warning for the Utah GOP Original
I think it was the blue bunny hat that made that photo so gutting. If you saw it, you probably noticed details like the white floppy ears and hanging tassels with pompoms that look like bunny paws. If you are the parent of a 5-year-old, as I am, you know that the hat’s tassels are not purely decorative. You know that squeezing the pompoms will fill the bunny ears with air and make them stand upright — a secret trick designed to delight a wearer whose middle name means “rabbit” in Spanish.
Truth, Justice, and the Guatemalan Way: Customary Law and Lynching in a Mayan Town
Keywords Guatemalan highlands, lynching, customary law, Mayan town Department Comparative Arts and Letters Abstract The primary objective of my project was to explore the relationship between customary law and lynching in a Mayan town in the Guatemalan highlands. Customary or traditional punishments occur with much greater frequency than lynchings, but the latter occurs often enough that it has come to be seen as somewhat of a phenomenon in post-conflict Guatemala.
What Latter-day Saint theology says about equity, and why it matters
One theme of my work as a professor of education at BYU has been to highlight the spiritual foundations of historic and contemporary social justice movements.
What MLK Jr. actually said and why it matters for DEI
Editor's note: The Deseret News is committed to providing meaningful commentary both for an against HB261, which would reform diversity, equity and inclusion programs at public institutions in the state. This opinion piece argues in opposition to the bill. These quotes will probably make you feel uncomfortable.
Opinion: What MLK Jr. actually said and why it matters for DEI
The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. makes an announcement in Birmingham, Alabama, on May 9, 1963. Widespread racial harassment and discrimination are still prevalent today. | Associated Press Editor’s note: The Deseret News is committed to providing meaningful commentary both for and against HB261, which would reform diversity, equity and inclusion programs at public institutions in the state. This opinion piece argues in opposition to the bill. These quotes will probably make you feel uncomfortable.
Same Language, Different Histories: Developing a “Critical” English Teacher Identity
Keywords Criticality; identity formation; teacher identity Original Publication Citation Julia Menard-Warwick, Eric Ruiz Bybee, Enrique David Degollado, Sophia Jin, Shannon Kehoe & Katherine Masters (2019) Same Language, Different Histories: Developing a “Critical” English Teacher Identity, Journal of Language, Identity & Education, 18:6, 364-376, DOI: 10.1080/15348458.2019.1671195 BYU ScholarsArchive Citation Menard-Warwick, Julia; Bybee, Eric Ruiz; Degollado, Enrique David; Jin, Sophia;...
“Estamos aquí pero no soy de aqui”: American Mexican Youth, Belonging and Schooling in Rural, Central Mexico
Keywords belonging, transnationalism, immigration, latina/o, civic identity Original Publication Citation Bybee, E. R., Whiting, E., Jensen, B., **Savage, V., **Baker, A. **Holdaway, E. (2020) “Estamos aquí pero no soy de aqui”: American Mexican Youth, Belonging and Schooling in Rural, Central Mexico. Anthropology and Education Quarterly. 52 (2) 123-145.
“I Think I’m the Bridge”: Exploring Mentored Undergraduate Research Experiences in Critical Multicultural Education
Keywords Mentored undergraduate research; critical multicultural education; teacher education; preservice teachers BYU ScholarsArchive Citation Bybee, Eric Ruiz; Whiting, Erin Feinauer; and Cutri, Ramona Maile, "“I Think I’m the Bridge”: Exploring Mentored Undergraduate Research Experiences in Critical Multicultural Education" (2021). Faculty Publications. 7082. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub/7082 Document Type Peer-Reviewed Article Publisher PKP Publishing Services Network College David O.
"Using Narrative Cycles to Advance Teacher Educators’ Emotional Work an" by Ramona Maile Cutri, Eric Ruiz Bybee et al.
Keywords anti-oppressive teacher education; affective polarization; emotional work; narrative research; self-study Original Publication Citation Cutri, R. M., Whiting, E.F., Bybee, E. R. (2022). Using Narrative Cycles to Advance Teacher Educators’ Emotional Work and Practice in an Era of Affective Polarization. Studying Teacher Education.
Historical Thinking Inside the Box: Preservice Elementary Teachers Use Journey Boxes to Craft Counter Narratives
Keywords elementary education, social studies education, historical thinking Original Publication Citation Jeannette Alarcon, Kathlene Holmes & Eric Bybee (2015) Historical Thinking Inside the Box: Preservice Elementary Teachers Use Journey Boxes to Craft Counter Narratives, The Social Studies, 106:4, 186-192, DOI: 10.1080/00377996.2015.1046542 BYU ScholarsArchive Citation Alarcon, Jeanette; Holmes, Kathlene; and Bybee, Eric Ruiz, "Historical Thinking Inside the Box: Preservice Elementary...
‘‘The Day That Changed My Life, Again’’: The Testimonio of a Latino DACAmented Teacher
Keywords DACA, DACAmented teachers, Immigration, Testimonio Original Publication Citation Treviño, L. E. J., García, J., & Bybee, E. R. (2017). “The Day That Changed My Life, Again”: The Testimonio of a Latino DACAmented Teacher. The Urban Review, 49 (4) 627–647. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11256-017-0412-2 BYU ScholarsArchive Citation Treviño, Luis Enrique Juarez; Garcia, Jose; and Bybee, Eric Ruiz, "‘‘The Day That Changed My Life, Again’’: The Testimonio of a Latino DACAmented Teacher" (2017).
State DOT News
For more information, contact Communications Manager Taylor Brune at 573.522.3796. March 31, 2023 – For immediate release MEDIA ADVISORY-Advance Notice of Event MoDOT, Rocheport Bridge to Host National Work Zone Safety Event Officials, industry partners and survivors ask drivers to “work with us” ROCHEPORT – The Missouri Department of Transportation is hosting the National Work Zone Awareness Week kickoff news conference at the LCpl.
EXCLUSIVE: Read what happened after students posted their class 'Revealing Whiteness Activity' on social media
The assignment was allegedly publicized in a now-deleted social media post by the student-led organization BYU Conservatives. Students say one professor threatened disciplinary action over the social media post. A professor at Brigham Young University (BYU) allegedly assigned a classroom exercise titled "Revealing Whiteness Activity." Professor Jane Lopez assigned the activity as homework and instructed students to photograph three representations of "Whiteness" on campus.
Eric Ruiz Bybee: Right-wing attacks on critical race theory threaten equity in schools
By Eric Ruiz Bybee | Special to The Tribune | May 20, 2021, 5:05 p.m. Earlier this year, in February, a North Ogden charter school made national headlines for a policy that allowed students to opt-out of Black History Month. Although the school reversed the policy after widespread backlash, a local anti-mask parent’s group is now working with lawmakers to go even farther and ban Utah schools from teaching about racism and other forms of prejudice and discrimination.
The Students We Share
List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Foreword Linda Darling-Hammond Introduction: The Students We Share and the Teachers We Need Bryant Jensen and Patricia Gándara Part I: Teacher Preparation Across Borders 1. Contrasting Realities: How Differences Between the Mexican and U.S. Education Systems Affect Transnational Students Lucrecia Santibañez 2. Binational Teacher Preparation: Constructing Pedagogical Bridges for the Students We Share Cristina Alfaro and Patricia Gándara 3.
Commentary: Do not look away from the suffering of migrants and asylum-seekers
By now, the routine is familiar. I close the internet browser window on yet another news story about a fresh new horror from the border and go about with the rest of my day. A tiny infant has been violently separated from his father; another child has died in immigration detention; a father and his toddler daughter, drowned on the banks of the Rio Grande. But yet again, I click, close, and move on. It’s not that I don’t want to think about these stories.
Op-ed: Teach for America stumbles because its teachers aren’t prepared
Over the past few years, much of the criticism from alumni has come in the form of articles and blog posts with titles like "Why I did TFA and why you shouldn't" and "How I Joined Teach for America—and Got Sued for $20 Million." A piece titled "I Quit Teach for America" went viral online, and even The Onion has chimed in with satiric takes on the savior mentality of some TFA teachers.
Stories of Smartness and Whiteness in School Pictures and Yearbooks
This article explores the way that discourses of smartness and whiteness are produced and reproduced in schooling. Using an approach grounded in narrative research, I explore the convergences and contradictions between my own educational autobiography and the representations of schooling found in my school pictures and yearbooks.
Op-ed: Teach for America stumbles because its teachers aren't prepared
Teach for America is celebrating its 25th anniversary, but, for the second time in two years, its recruitment numbers are down. The program, which handpicks college graduates to teach in high-need schools, has been so popular that 18 percent of the graduating class at Yale applied in 2010. So what happened?
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