Jessica Lander

Teacher: EL, history, civics. Author: Making Americans: Stories of Historic Struggles, New Ideas, and Inspiration in Immigrant Education. she/her

[Jessica Lander @jessica_lander]

Three years ago I set forth from my @LowellHigh @LowellPSD classroom to learn from educators, folks at the heart of historic cases, laws + movements, and my own extraordinary #immigrant students. Today I'm so excited to celebrate #MakingAmericans' book birthday!

[Jessica Lander @jessica_lander]

I'm over the moon excited & honored to share that "Making Americans" has been named the 2024 George Orwell Award recipient-presented annually to, "writers who have made outstanding contributions to the critical analysis of public discourse." Thank you, thank you @ncte!!

[National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) @ncte]

Join us in congratulating the 2024 NCTE George Orwell Award recipient, MAKING AMERICANS: STORIES OF HISTORIC STRUGGLES, NEW IDEAS, AND INSPIRATION IN IMMIGRANT EDUCATION by @jessica_lander!

[Jessica Lander @jessica_lander]

@ncte Thank you, thank you @ncte for this extraordinary honor! Thank you for celebrating and spotlighting these important stories of the past, present, and personal in immigrant education!

[constellations journal @CulturalRhet]

🎉Congrats, @jessica_lander!! Always exciting to see fantastic books in the field of cultural rhetorics celebrated! Bravo!

#TeamRhetoric #AcademicTwitter #AcademicChatter #award #celebrate #booklovers #BookRecommendations #bookworms #bookspotlight #ncte24 #academia #education

[Jessica Lander @jessica_lander]

@CulturalRhet Thank you so much @CulturalRhet! I'm very honored by to be recognized by @ncte and excited to continue sharing #MakingAmericans in communities across the country!

Hope you find the stories off the past, present, and personal in immigrant education powerful and inspiring!

[Jessica Lander @jessica_lander]

Honored that @phillipsacademy (founded in 1778!) included my book #MakingAmericans on their summer reading list!!

@BeaconPressBks @MIRACoalition @reimaginemigrat @WelcomingUSA @Gilder_Lehrman

[Beacon Press @BeaconPressBks]

For those looking for an exploration of immigrant education told through key historical moments, current experiments to improve immigrant education & profiles of immigrant students, check out @jessica_lander’s MAKING AMERICANS. H/T @phillipsacademy https://t.co/zVRIwZE7hf

[Jessica Lander @jessica_lander]

Teacher friends check out this exciting new resource from my wonderful friends and colleagues at @reimaginemigrat

[Re-Imagining Migration @reimaginemigrat]

Re-Imagining Migration's AI-powered coaching app is live. This would not be possible without the amazing folks at Playlab!

[MindShift @MindShiftKQED]

When schools create intentional systems for intake and orientation of newcomer students, it lightens the individual load on students and teachers. @jessica_lander @EriksonInst

How Schools Can Better Support Teachers of Newcomer Students
https://t.co/HsIHBTG0ES

[Jessica Lander @jessica_lander]

@EllevationEd Thank you @EllevationEd for highlighting the powerful stories of innovative schools working to support immigrant-origin students across the country. I hope folks will read more about these programs and ideas in my book #MakingAmericans @BeaconPressBks

[Ellevation Education @EllevationEd]

From therapy gardens to community cookbooks, schools are innovating to help immigrant students feel valued and included. Explore @jessica_lander's insights on building supportive learning communities that embrace every student's strengths. https://t.co/AT3hBVKFay #EL #ELL #MLL

[Jessica Lander @jessica_lander]

@FMS_Teaches @WeAreAmericaPr1 @ncte Thank you @FMS_Teaches for the wonderful shout out! And thank you for being such an amazing collaborator and @WeAreAmericaPr1 fellow! It is so wonderful getting to learn from you!

[Mrs. Scott 🌊 she series @FMS_Teaches]

Congratulations ⁦@jessica_lander⁩! George Orwell Award - National Council of Teachers of English ⁦@WeAreAmericaPr1⁩ is such a powerful tool in our world! So grateful for our presentation to English teachers! ⁦@ncte⁩ #NCTE22 https://t.co/wzgmg1D3hF

[Jessica Lander @jessica_lander]

@mrspencilstick These are such stunning poems and so beautiful!!! We are so so grateful @mrspencilstick for the opportunity to collaborate w/ you & learn from you + your students! Thank you for being part of the We Are America Project!

[Jessica Lander @jessica_lander]

Teacher friends: I hope you'll read these beautiful, powerful, & deeply personal bio poems written by amazing educator + We Are America Teaching Fellow @mrspencilstick's students! Thank you @mrspencilstick for sharing your students work and letting us learn from them!

[Laura Jeanne Penrod #NVSTOY24 @mrspencilstick]

Today, I’m in awe of my students’ bio poems for our We Are America project w/@jessica_lander. I took a creative approach & had them create their poems in any manner that expressed them. I feel w/every assignment they love themselves & each other that much more. #NVSTOY24

[Jessica Lander @jessica_lander]

Such an honor to collaborate w/ amazing teachers across the country like @mrspencilstick who is a We Are America Fellow this year! Can't wait to read the stories her students write and share in their book. We have so much to learn from these young people!

[Laura Jeanne Penrod #NVSTOY24 @mrspencilstick]

Life changing conversations in my classroom this week due to @jessica_lander & We Are America Fellowship. My Seniors shared it’s the first time they’ve looked at their skin w/love as they wrote sentences about their skin—their home. This is what education is about.#NVSTOY24

[Jessica Lander @jessica_lander]

@mrspencilstick WOW @mrspencilstick! This is so so amazing + powerful to hear! We are honored to work and learn alongside you and your students + so excited that you are a cohort 5 We Are America Teaching Fellow! We can't wait to read your students' book!

[Kathy Tran Davis @kowtran]

Fan girl moment!!! Thank you @soniawsoltero & @jessica_lander for being apart of the 2nd Ellevation Summit…what a fantastic time! @EllevationEd

[Jessica Lander @jessica_lander]

@kowtran @soniawsoltero @EllevationEd Awww thank you, thank you @kowtran!! Wonderful to meet you and learn from so many inspiring educators working together to support immigrant students! Thank you @EllevationEd for brining us all together!

[Jessica Lander @jessica_lander]

@reimaginemigrat So so great to meet so many friends and new friends at #NCSS2023!!!

[Re-Imagining Migration @reimaginemigrat]

@jessica_lander and our Program Director Meisha Lamb-Bell at #NCSS2023

[Jessica Lander @jessica_lander]

Teaching Friends - if you don't know about the amazing resources, lesson plans, and teacher PD at @reimaginemigrat I hope you will rush to the org to check them out! They are fantastic!

[Re-Imagining Migration @reimaginemigrat]

Re-Imagining Migration's friends and collaborator @jessica_lander sharing stories of immigrant education in the US (including Plyler v. Doe) https://t.co/NTIUUX0whL.