Voices Magazine
Teachers know their students and how to be helpful for them, and they shouldn’t depend on the school board or other agencies to tell them what to teach.” Ruth Cline has always had a deep
Noreen Naseem RodrĂguez in front of a Denver mural by local artist Casey Kawaguchi and Nepali artist Imagine876, who are both known for their street art and Asian influences When Noreen Naseem RodrĂguez was a fourth
“My soul is from Chile,” the fifth grader explained. Born in the United States, she describes herself as “kind of” American and Chilean and gravitates toward her Chilean roots.Her description illustrates the complexities of “home” for transnational
“you are not your roots. you are a flower grown from them.” – pavana reddyFor most of my education as a first-generation immigrant, I grew familiar with not seeing myself represented and internalized that I was not worthy of
It was a classic case of “who’s that girl?”Al Grimm impatiently waited for Barbara Jean to end her phone call when he first spotted her at a party in 1963. Transfixed, he had to meet her. Even though that call had
Photo Collage by: Katie Dokson Mexican Americans have been challenging school segregation for over a century.” When I began my doctoral program in the early 1980s, I was interested in history,
It's the start of the school year and the anticipation has gripped new high school English language arts teacher Cassidy Ktsanes.“I’m really excited,” she said. “I just get nervous that I’m not going to be a good teacher, but I
When 11-year-old Luz Elena Sanchez arrived in Yuma, Colorado, with her family from Mexico, she found herself lost among her English-speaking classmates. She had difficulty understanding her homework, and she got into trouble for speaking Spanish in
