Making Student Voices Matter

Rachelle S. Savitz is an associate professor at East Carolina University and a former K–12 literacy coach/interventionist.Judy Paulick is an associate professor at the University of Virginia and a former elementary literacy specialist.Olivia Ann Williams is a literacy researcher and a high school English teacher in Virginia.Brooke Ward Taira is an associate professor at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.Julia A. Lynch is a Black-poet-assistant professor at the University of North Carolina Wilmington.Shuling Yang is an assistant professor at the University of Maryland.Sara A. Field is high school teacher and an adjunct professor at George Mason University.

• ContentsForeword Doris Walker-Dalhouse  ixAcknowledgments  xiiiIntroductionOlivia Ann Williams, Julia A. Lynch, Brooke Ward Taira, Sara A. Field, Shuling Yang, Judy Paulick, and Rachelle S. Savitz  11.  The Journey to Culturally and Linguistically Sustaining Literacy: Using a Critical Community of Practice to Transform Teaching  23Abigail A. Amoako Kayser, Brian R. Kayser, Carly Dirghangi, Sharlene Chang, and Michele Yeaton2.  These Are the Things No One Taught Me: Critical Literacy to Center Black Student Experiences  43Janell Miller, Caitlin Donovan, and Myriama Smith-Traore3.  Centering Criticality in Practice in Special Education: Realizing Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies Through Critical Compassion  59Antonio L. Ellis and Keisha Woods4.  Decolonizing the Early Childhood Classroom: Using Critical Language Awareness to Support Identity Development and Sustain Culture  79Jessica Hiltabidel and Chrystena Hill5.  Bridging Privileged Distances: Developing Critical Literacy in a Grade 12 English Literature Class  97Manuel Lorenzo M. Aldeguer IV6.  Making Their Mark: Reading Stamped in 9th-Grade English Language Arts  113Sarah Fleming and Catherine De Forest* (Pseudonym)7.  Strengthening Community Connections Through ‘Āina-Based Education  127Paul Balazs, Janelle ‘Ānela Matsuura, and Rainbow Pharaon8.  Black Oral History Experience: Creating a Culturally Sustaining History Lesson  143Elizabeth McCauley McDonald and Tara V. R. Dozier9.  And They Lived Happily Ever After: Translanguaging Fairy Tales in an International School  159Catherine McDougall, Sarah Ratcliffe, Katelyn Cuny, and Ashley Sawyer10.  Fostering Asset-Based Literacy Practices Through Community Asset Mapping  175Ching-Ching Lin, Kayla Benton, Youngmi Joo, Cielo Inicio Pezo, Camila Minaya, and Renata Nadia Bajana Yepez11.  Centering Students’ Lives in Their Texts: Writing Culturally Relevant Texts With Emerging and Uninspired Readers  193Gabriella M. Diaz and Mary E. LyonsAfterword: Vibrating Freely for the Classrooms of Tomorrow Antero Garcia  209Index  215About the Editors and Contributors  227