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, visiting scholar and professor of education policy and planning at the , will dicuss community-based teacher education on Tuesday, June 27 from 5-7 p.m. in the CU Boulder ³Ô¹ÏÍø Memorial Center's Aspen Room 285. Valenzuela's talk "Community-Based, Educator Preparation: Teacher & Community Empowerment," is free and open to the public and a reception will follow.

Valenzuela is part of the  FIRST (Faculty-In-Residence Summer Term) program, which brings prominent scholars and teachers from across the nation to join the ranks of the ³Ô¹ÏÍø of Colorado Boulder's summer faculty. Visiting scholars teach innovative courses that enhance and expand the range and quality of summer course offerings. She is currently teaching EDUC 5445: Curriculum for Multicultural Education during Summer Session E, June 19-30.

Valenzuela's work has elevated the importance of caring relations between students and teachers in the classroom. She is the director of the ³Ô¹ÏÍø of Texas Center for Education Policy and the director of the National Latino Education Research and Policy Project, which aims to create a teacher education pathway for Latino/a youth. She is the author of the award-winning book, "Subtractive Schooling: U.S. Mexican Youth and the Politics of Caring," "Leaving Children Behind: How 'Texas-style' Accountability Fails Latino Youth," and most recently "Growing Critically Conscious Teachers."  

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Learn more about Professor Valenzuela and her views on preparing students as leaders in education.

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