School Age Programs and Services Committee: Fostering Racial Literacy with Children’s Literature

Authors

  • Grace Enriquez
  • Detra Price-Dennis

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5860/cal.21.3.38

Abstract

The social construction of race in the United States is deeply rooted in our lives and reflected in our K-12 programs, policies, curriculum, and instructional practices. As more challenges are levied at books that reflect the lives and experiences of racially, culturally, and linguistically diverse students, we propose racial literacy as a framework to guide critical conversations in response.

Author Biography

Grace Enriquez

Dr. Grace Enriquez is a Professor of Language and Literacy at Lesley University in Cambridge, MA. A former English Language Arts teacher and literacy staff developer, she bridges her work with teachers and students with ethnographic and critical research in high-needs urban populations to examine their responses to literacy instruction in school contexts. Dr. Detra Price-Dennis is a Professor of Teaching and Learning in the Department of Teaching and Learning and the Director for Digital Education and Innovation for the College of Education and Human Ecology at The Ohio State University. The authors are the creators of a webinar for ALSC, Fostering Racial Literacy with Children’s Literature, that is available on demand https://elearning.ala.org/local/catalog/view/product.php?productid=400.

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Published

2023-09-06

Issue

Vol. 21 No. 3 (2023): Fall

Section

Departments

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