Free Webinar! Beyond Crises: Nine Take-Aways for Reimaging Our Communities, Schools and Classrooms
Join co-authors Debbie Zacarian, Margarita Calderón, and Margo Gottlieb for this free webinar on June 15th at 5PM EST
Webinar Recording Available: Responsive Schooling for Culturally & Linguistically Diverse Students
The book Responsive Schools for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Learners supports educators and educational leaders to design, implement, and examine approaches to support culturally and linguistically diverse learners to succeed in school and their lives. It includes many evidenced-based examples from the field and details practical steps for implementing responsive …
COVID-19 Required Delivering Education Anew-What’s Next Is Up to Us
With so much attention on ‘learning loss’ and failures to reach students, we might miss the many positives that we’ve experienced. What we have learned, how we have coped, and how we have attended to our students and ourselves is well worth analyzing and examining. This once-in-a-century crisis should inspire …
Leaders Coaching Leaders Podcast
Thrilled to be interviewed by Peter Dewitt about our book, Beyond Crises: Overcoming Linguistic and Cultural Inequities in Communities, Schools and Classrooms. Listen to this podcast with moderator Peter Dewitt and co-authors, Margarita Calderón, Margo Gottlieb, and me, by going to one of the following links to the show: · Spotify …
Corwin Press Webinar: Beyond Crises: Overcoming Linguistic and Cultural Inequities in Communities, Schools, and Classrooms
Delighted to participate in virtual book launch on Beyond Crises: Overcoming Linguistic and Cultural Inequities in Communities, Schools and Classrooms with Corwin Press editor, Dan Alpert, marketing manager, Sharon Pendergast, and co-writers Margarita Calderón and Margo Gottlieb. Listen to the full webinar
Beyond Crises: Overcoming Linguistic and Cultural Inequities. Up to the Challenge?
Authors: Debbie Zacarian, Margarita Calderón, and Margo Gottlieb. This piece appeared in Corwin Connect. Crises often amplify inequities that are hidden from view-especially for historically marginalized students from linguistically and culturally diverse populations. Rather than focus on what we perceive is wrong or broken, we can achieve much greater success …
Debbie Zacarian Interviewed by Houston ISDs Sharpstown High School Stories Project
“Debbie Zacarian sat down with us to talk about how we can better serve English Learners in our latest episode of #ThinkPareShare. Guess what? Deficiency plans are a thing of the past! Teaching to strengths and being culturally and linguistically responsive are paths to a better future. How do we change …
Free Webinar: Responsive Schooling for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students
Recording available for viewing this webinar, now. It was a pleasure to provide this interactive edWebinar moderated by Carol Chambers Collins of Norton Education. It looks at the big picture in what we teach so that it matches who we teach and is inclusive, responsive, and sustaining for our dynamically diverse student populations. It …
Managing the Residual Trauma of the Abrupt Transition to Remote Learning
Chaunte Garrett with Debbie Zacarian and Michael Silverstone. We’ve all been part of an unplanned global experiment in remote learning during COVID. For many, the experience was traumatizing and there were millions of school-aged children living with adversity before COVID. Listen to this ASCD BAM radio interview as we discuss …
As Schools Reopen, A New Inclusive Paradigm is Needed
By Debbie Zacarian and Becki Cohn-Vargas As one school year ends and we plan for the next, we see the glaring inequities that the pandemic has amplified, and we recognize that steps must be taken to address them. Beyond adopting new guidelines for hygiene and reducing our schools’ exposure to …