SCRANTON: The 24th MELUS Conference, a four-day literature convention featuring a multitude of educational panels, workshops, readings and plenary speakers, including Jay Parini, Marilyn Chin, Sonia ...

CARBONDALE — Although a course in multicultural literature has been on the books at Southern Illinois University Carbondale for quite some time, Crystal-Shelby Caffey, assistant professor of language, ...

Erika Dreifus‘s first book, “Quiet Americans,” will be published on January 19th. Her blog posts are being featured this week on The Arty Semite courtesy of the Jewish Book Council and My Jewish ...

An Ohio State post-doctoral researcher has found that cultural diversity in literature, or the lack of it, can make a huge impact in and beyond the classroom. Carlotta Penn, a literacy trainer in the ...

In a provocative 2004 speech entitled “I Have a Plan to Destroy America,” Richard D. Lamm, the former three-term Governor of Colorado, equated “multi-culturalism” with “the doctrine of ‘Victimology.’ ...

Even as the world works towards a more progressive future, the sphere of education has yet to make significant steps towards progress. Literature choices are limited for students and require them to ...

Planning your summer and looking to learn more? Explore how to use multicultural children's and young adult literature as a tool for promoting social justice in classrooms, delve into STEM teaching ...

I. The sociological contexts of cultural authenticity. 1. The complexity of cultural authenticity in children's literature : why the debates really matter / Kathy G. Short and Dana L. Fox -- 2.