About The Event
The BlackECE Symposium will serve as a platform for early educators, researchers, policymakers, advocates, families and community stakeholders to convene, collaborate, and innovate for Black early care and education.
Symposium Program
9:00 AM Friday August 9th –
3:30 PM Saturday August 10th, 2024
The Citizen Hotel, 926 J Street, Sacramento, CA
Distinguished Speaker
Dr. Tyrone Howard
Tyrone Howard is a professor of education in the School of Education & Information Studies at UCLA. His research addresses issues tied to race, culture, access and educational opportunity for minoritized student populations. Professor Howard is the author of several best-selling books, including “Why Race & Culture Matters in Schools” (Teachers College Press) and “All Students Must Thrive” (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt). He is a native of Compton, California, where he also served as a classroom teacher. Professor Howard is a member of the National Academy of Education and is an AERA Fellow.
Resources
The P.R.I.D.E. Parent Village African American Vernacular English Booklist
by Angela Johnson
“Flossie and the Fox” by Patricia McKissack, Illustrated by Rachel Isadora
“Honey Baby Sugar Child” by Alice Faye Duncan, Illustrated by Susan Keeter
“Stevie” by John Steptoe
“Trombone Shorty” by Troy Andrews, Illustrated by Bryan Collier
“Working Cotton” by Sherley Anne Williams
“Yesterday I had the blues” by Jeron Ashford Frame, Illustrated by Gregory Christie
“Yo Yes” by Chris Raschka
“So Much” by Trish Cook, Illustrated by Helen Oxenbury
“The Making of Butterflies” by Zora Neale Hurston, adapted by Ibram X Kendi, Illustrated by Kah Yangni
“She come brining me that little baby girl” by Eloise Greenfield, Illustrated by John Steptoe
Laura Hamman, Emeline Beck, and Aubrey Donaldson have developed a framework for designing and integrating more flexible language pedagogies into the bilingual classroom
