“That’s weird. Stop speaking in Korean.” Growing up in Southern California, these were the words that made me internalize the idea that my Korean culture was not welcomed at our majority White, suburban, public middle school. I implicitly accepted the fact that in order to belong, I needed to ‘assimilate’ to the dominant English-speaking White culture and leave my cultural identity at home.
Just News from Center X – June 24, 2022
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Just News from Center X – June 17, 2022
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PLI Alum and Faculty Leyda Garcia Receives IEL Educator Leadership Award
PLI alum and faculty Leyda Garcia has been named the recipient of the 2022 Educator Leadership Award by the Institute for Educational Leadership. Leyda has been principal of the UCLA Community School in Los Angeles since 2012.
Just News from Center X – June 10, 2022
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Cultivating Curiosity: Book Launch for New Book by Doreen Gehry Nelson
Cultivating Curiosity event to celebrate UCLA Education Alumna and Design-Based Learning Project Founding Director, Doreen Gehry Nelson featured in the department’s online newsletter The Latest by Laura Lindberg.
Just News from Center X – June 3, 2022
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10 Years of IMPACT Teacher Residency Program – New XChange Issue
We are thrilled to launch the Spring 2022 issue of XCHANGE, 10 Years of IMPACT: Inspiring Minds through a Professional Alliance of Community Teachers. In this issue you will find engaging stories, artifacts and research that bring to life the work and promise of teacher residencies.
Just News from Center X – May 27, 2022
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A Reflection of Our Minds
Reflecting on another school year ending, and another year of living through and with Covid, and the continued racist violence and injustice, it seems there might be a lot in the world to keep us focused on what is not working…
Just News from Center X – May 20, 2022
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Just News from Center X – May 13, 2022
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We are excited about the publication of Preparing and Sustaining Social Justice Educators edited by our very own executive director, Annamarie Francois, along with UCLA Center for Community Schooling director Karen Hunter Quartz.