Sones Elásticos: Leveraging the Dynamic Spirit of Son Jarocho‐Based Writing Into the TESOL Classroom TESOL educators have access to diverse didactic resources, including popular music and songwriting, which can be especially effective tools for writing instruction. This conceptual article explores t...

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Las Cafeteras singer-songwriter-musician Denise Carlos and I bring Son Jarocho’s improvisational spirit into writing in TESOL classrooms, where rhythm, culture, critique, and voice transform #literacy! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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cati v de los rios smiling at camera text reads early career award american educational research association ( A E R A ) associate professor cati v de los rios

Congratulations!! Assoc. Prof. @cati-fu.bsky.social receives 2026 Early Career Award from @aeraedresearch.bsky.social. de los Ríos' research applies critical, sociocultural, and translingual theories to examine the literacy and language practices of immigrant and bi/multilingual youth populations

RRE editors will hold more office hours on March 12 to learn about submitting a proposal for Volume 51. Register here in advance! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Congratulations to the winners of the 2026 AERA Awards for Excellence in Education Research! AERA will honor the recipients for their outstanding scholarship and service at the Awards Luncheon at #AERA2026 on 4/9. Learn more about the winners: www.aera.net/Newsroom/AER...

What supports do advanced English learners need? Researchers suggest English language arts teachers can use an array of strategies to help these learners hone skills to express complex ideas.

Read K-12 Dive for insights from Laura Ascenzi-Moreno, Chair of NCTE’s Elementary Section, and @cati-fu.bsky.social, coeditor of the new NCTE book Critical English Education: Enduring Voices, New Perspectives. www.k12dive.com/news/what-supports-do-ad...

yared portillo holding the award standing next to Michiko Hikida who presented the award and both are smiling at the camera

a group picture with four people smiling at the camera. they are Isaac Felix in the back and in the front Cati V. de los Ríos, Yared Portillo, and Cristina Méndez.

Congratulations to doctoral student Yared Portillo! Yared received the Emerging Scholar Award from AERA's Language and Social Processes SIG. #AERA2025

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Gutting the U.S. Department of Education is both short-sighted and reckless, BSE Dean Michelle D. Young says in her statement about the mass layoffs. Read her full statement bse.berkeley.edu/deans-statem....

USDA accidentally fired officials working on bird flu and is now trying to rehire them An Agriculture Department spokesperson told NBC News that officials are "working to swiftly rectify the situation."

This story can't be repeated enough. The GOP is lined up behind the guy who is so incompetent that his quasi-gov't agency did this. They're confirming his highly questionable nominees & hurting the American people.

And "accidentally"? It was stupidity, not accident. www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...