Author

Joseph T. Wiemelt

Director of Equity & Secondary Bilingual Programs for USD116; Lecturer in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction for the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Articles

Teachers College Record: The Voice of Scholarship in Education

Leadership With and for Undocumented and Unaccompanied Minor Students: Resiliency, Resistance, and School Change for Racial Equity

Introduction Many undocumented and documented youth, especially those from low socioeconomic backgrounds, face significant barriers to educational opportunities due in part to racism and other intersecting systems of oppression. In this article, the authors conduct a literature review on educational practices for immigrant youth. Both authors work in the Urbana School District 116 (USD116) and…

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