[lg policy] Edling Digest, Vol 53, Issue 2

Wed Feb 8 17:28:23 UTC 2012

 Forwarded From:  edling at lists.sis.utsa.edu
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Today's Topics:

  1. MALCS Protests Arizona Ban on Ethnic Studies (Francis Hult)
  2. Call for Course Proposals: 2013 Linguistic Institute
     (Francis Hult)
  3. Sixth Heritage Language Research Institute - Reminder
     (Claire Chik)
  4. 17th Annual Dual Language Conference La Cosecha Call for
     Proposals (Leslie Sanchez)

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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 15:14:26 -0600
From: Francis Hult <francis.hult at utsa.edu>
Subject: [Edling] MALCS Protests Arizona Ban on Ethnic Studies
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http://mujerestalk.malcs.org

MONDAY, JANUARY 30, 2012

MALCS Protests Arizona Ban on Ethnic Studies

>>From the Executive Committee of MALCS

Last week important works of literature, history and philosophy by
world-renowned writers and scholars such as Leslie Marmon Silko, Sherman
Alexie, Ofelia Zepeda, Paulo Freire, Rodolfo Acu?a, Carmen Tafolla and
others were removed from classrooms and some libraries in the Tucson
Unified School District (TUSD). The perspectives and insights about diverse
ethnic, racial and gender communities contained in these works as well as
the penetrating visions of human community they offer contribute in
Arizona, as they do elsewhere, to cultivating in students appreciation for
difference and diversity, knowledge of wide-ranging ideas and fearlessness
in engaging with the ideas of others. The TUSD Board's action in banning
and removing these works, in contrast, promotes fear and suspicion about
select ethnic and racial groups and fear of free and democratic discussion
and debate. Such attitudes have no place in the public school system that
serves ALL children.

The Tucson Unified School District in compliance with the State of Arizona
Revised Statutes Sections 15-111 and 15-112 (formerly House Bill 2281 that
was signed into law May 11, 2010) eliminated its Mexican American Studies
(MAS) Program, resulting in the subsequent removal of textbooks and books
on the MAS Program Reading List. Some of the banned and removed books are
allowed in other classrooms, but not ethnic studies, making this a highly
discriminatory action about who gets to teach. Why is a Mexican American
Studies teacher prevented from teaching The Tempest but an English teacher
is not? The removal of books amounts to censorship that undermines the
United States' commitment to democracy.

While the Board argues that the new legislation was intended to promote
unity, the effect is to reject  multiculturalism and pave a path back to
Jim Crow practices of segregation and racism where the culture and values
of ethnic groups go unrecognized in public education. Research has shown
that multicultural education that addresses the history and identity of
ethnic minorities in fact closes the achievement gap between white students
and students of color.[i]

Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social (MALCS), a national professional
association of Chicanas, Latinas, Native American and Indigenous women,
calls on the Tucson Unified School District Board to reverse the decision
to ban books from Tucson schools. MALCS encourages efforts to intervene
through the use of non-violent tactics in order to guarantee democracy and
freedom of expression. We appeal to all:

To send letters and email messages supporting Arizona State Rep. Sally
Gonzales' HB 2654 that would repeal the ban on ethnic studies in Arizona:
Sgonzales at azleg.gov

Sign the petition on The National Black Education Agenda: http:// <http:///>
signon.org/sign/repeal-the-arizona-governmen

Work to pass resolutions in your associations and organizations opposing
the elimination of ethnic studies and censorship of Latin@ faculty and
students in Arizona

Write to the Educational Opportunities Section of the U.S. Department of
Civil Rights requesting that they investigate Arizona state superintendent
of public instruction John Huppenthal, who has disregarded independent
consultant reports on the value of the Mexican American Studies Program in
Tucson. By e-mail to education at usdoj.gov        By telephone at (202)
514-4092 or 1-877-292-3804 (toll-free)

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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2012 08:24:18 -0600
From: Francis Hult <francis.hult at utsa.edu>
Subject: [Edling] Call for Course Proposals: 2013 Linguistic Institute
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http://lsa2013.lsa.umich.edu/call-for-course-proposals.html

Call for Course Proposals

The 2013 Linguistic Institute will take place on the campus of the
University of Michigan in Ann Arbor from June 24-July 19, 2013. The
Institute is jointly sponsored by the Linguistic Society of America and the
University of Michigan Department of Linguistics, College of Literature,
Science and the Arts and the Rackham Graduate School. The 2013 Linguistic
Institute theme is "Universality and Variability".

[...]

The final deadline for receipt of proposals is 5 pm, February 17, 2012.
 Proposals should be submitted via email to lsa2013 at umich.edu.  We
anticipate notification in late spring 2012.
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Message: 3
Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:33:46 -0800
From: Claire Chik <Chik at international.ucla.edu>
Subject: [Edling] Sixth Heritage Language Research Institute -
       Reminder
To: Claire Chik <Chik at international.ucla.edu>
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Dear Colleagues,

The deadline for applications for the 6th Heritage Language Research
Institute, "From Overhearers to High Proficiency Speakers: Advancing
Heritage Learners' Skills," is March 9. The application page can be
found at
http://apply.international.ucla.edu/Public/ViewForm.aspx?appID=321. The
Institute will take place from June 18-22 at UCLA; further details can
be viewed at: http://nhlrc.ucla.edu/events/institute/2012/.

Applications are invited from language instructors, linguists, and
researchers from other fields whose current focus involves heritage
language teaching and/or research. Limited funding will be available for
graduate students and post-doctoral fellows, who are encouraged to
apply.

The Institute is sponsored by the UCLA National Heritage Language
Resource Center <http://nhlrc.ucla.edu/>  and aims to support the
center's principal mission of developing the research base for heritage
language education. This year's institute is co-sponsored by the NSEP
National Language Flagship Program <http://www.thelanguageflagship.org>
as part of their Flagship Results 2012 initiative, and will focus on
research and pedagogical approaches that help advance heritage speakers'
language skills toward high levels of proficiency.

Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

Sincerely,

Claire Chik, PhD

chik at international.ucla.edu <mailto:chik at international.ucla.edu>

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Message: 4
Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 14:47:30 -0700
From: Leslie Sanchez <leslie at dlenm.org>
Subject: [Edling] 17th Annual Dual Language Conference La Cosecha Call
       for     Proposals
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*17th Annual Dual Language Conference La Cosecha*

November 7-10, 2012

Santa Fe Convention Center and LaFonda Hotel

Santa Fe, New Mexico

*Presented By*: Dual Language Education of New Mexico, an educational
non-profit dedicated to the development, implementation and support of dual
language programs.

*Conference Purpose:*  To provide current theory, practice and discussion
in order to enhance and expand the knowledge base and experience of
educators developing and implementing dual language enrichment programs.

*Registration Now Open!  *

*Join us in historic Santa Fe, New Mexico for the 17th Annual Dual Language
Conference.  DLeNM?s annual conference will bring together over 1,500
educators, parents, researchers and dual language supporters from around
the world.  Come share your experience and knowledge, as we ?harvest? the
best of our multilingual and multicultural communities!  For more
information and to register visit *http://dlenm.org/lacosecha/register/.**

* *

*Call for Proposals Now Open!*

The Planning Committee for *La Cosecha *2012 invites you to share your
teaching strategies and dual language expertise with your colleagues by
presenting at this year?s conference.  The planning committee is
particularly interested in having classroom teachers to share instructional
best practices with conference attendees.

Proposal Submission Guidelines:  Conference Presentations will align with
the seven Strands of the Guiding Principles for Dual Language
Education<http://www.cal.org/twi/guidingprinciples.htm>document.
 To assist you in aligning your proposal with the "Guiding Principles for
Dual Language Education?, please see the list of document strands and
guiding principles<
http://dlenm.org/lacosecha/proposals/ConferencePresentationStrands.html>.
 *Deadline for submission, Friday, May 18, 2012.*   Visit
http://dlenm.org/lacosecha/proposals/2012<
http://dlenm.org/lacosecha/proposals/2012index.html>,
for more information and to submit your proposal.

Sincerely,

Leslie S?nchez
Development Director
Dual Language Education New Mexico
505-243-0648

La Cosecha Dual Language Conference * November 7th - 10th, 2012*
www.lacosecha.dlenm.org
Dual Language Conference for Teachers by Teachers

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Leslie S?nchez
Development Director
Dual Language Education New Mexico
505-243-0648

La Cosecha Dual Language Conference * November 7th - 10th, 2012*
www.lacosecha.dlenm.org
Dual Language Conference for Teachers by Teachers
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 Dravidian Linguistics and Culture
Dept. of South Asia Studies
University of Pennsylvania
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