Kathryn Bigelow’s Oscar victory this year (she is the first woman to ever receive an Academy Award for directing) may have some people thinking that women filmmakers have finally found equality in the industry. However, this is regretfully far from... (Continue reading)
This project was completed by three of my English 106 students: Lauren Murrell, Rachael Trevino and Darshana Umakanth. The group assignment asked the students to find a person or organizationg doing heroic work in the community and to research their... (Continue reading)
Listen to my interview Bobbi Ciriza Houtchens, Teaching Ambassador Fellow [Audio clip: view full post to listen] For all full-time k-12 teachers. Applications for the Teaching Ambassador Fellowship have just been posted in the U.S. Dept. of Education website. There... (Continue reading)
Many of us have been following the reception of The Dream Act (The Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act) since its introduction to the House and the Senate on March 26 this year. The act is a bipartisan... (Continue reading)
I instituted the Hispanic Literary Heritage Reading many many years ago and we tried, as a caucus, to get folks to host readings at their schools or libraries or communities during the month of October (when most states celebrate “things... (Continue reading)