Examines contextual issues that inform how the implementation of CLD and special education law and policy translate into instructional decision-making for struggling readers. Covers how to center students at the intersection of race, language, and disability in designing and implementing accessible literacy practices. Surfaces how power is distributed within classrooms and between parents/guardians, teachers, and students to implement culturally sustaining and accessible literacy intervention programs. (Not offered 2025-26).

Prerequisite: Education 544.

.5 unit

Offerings

Term	Block	Title	Instructor	Location	Student Limit/Available	Updated
Summer 2025	Block B	Culturally Sustaining and	Tina Valtierra, Nickie Coomer	TBA	25 / 25	03/06/2025