As learning online proliferates amid the disruptive force of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic precarity, and school re-openings, forward-thinking educators across the globe are actively building welcoming virtual classroom “sanctuaries” and “refuges” for their students.
CU Denver’s NxtGEN Teacher Residency (NxtGEN) program in the School of Education & Human Development (SEHD) is much more than three years of paid teaching experience and teacher education courses followed by a final year-long residency in a school. It’s an opportunity for those who wish to receive forward-thinking mentorship from Dr. Tania Hogan, director of NxtGEN Teacher Residency, together with a cadre of award-winning teacher education faculty, school site teams and mentor teachers.
On Wednesday, March 4, 2020, Manuel Espinoza, PhD, associate professor in the School of Education & Human Development, along with members of his Right2Learn undergraduate research collective, Maria Karina Sanchez Velasco and Tania Soto-Valenzuela, wove together captivating, unforgettable stories and research findings about human dignity, civil rights, and an archaic education clause in Colorado’s Constitution written in 1876.