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“Dreamgirls” Freedom Dreaming: Girls from Refugee Backgrounds Fostering Relationships of Care

Journal article Journal of Research in Childhood Education · August 27, 2025 Full text Cite

Professional Learning for ESL Teachers: A Randomized Controlled Trial to Examine the Impact on Instruction, Collaboration, and Cultural Wealth

Journal article Education Sciences · July 1, 2024 Using a randomized controlled trial, we examined the impact of a teacher professional learning (PL) program on English as a Second Language (ESL) teachers’ use of evidence-based instructional strategies for multilingual learners, collaboration with classro ... Full text Cite

Writing with Dignity Among Youth in Urban Communities: Using Mentor Texts as a Reflective Tool for Transformation

Journal article Urban Education · June 1, 2024 This article describes a three-year qualitative study on how youth of color in one community-based organization, Durham Community Youth, used the mentor text, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “What’s your life’s blueprint?” speech, as a reflective tool to tran ... Full text Open Access Cite

“We Tell Our Story”: The Power of Critical Literacy with Refugee-Background Students

Journal article The Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas · January 2, 2024 Full text Cite

Displaced

Journal article VUE (Voices in Urban Education) · February 24, 2023 Full text Cite