Public Comment Alert The California Instructional Quality Commission (IQC) will meet on Thursday, September 24, 2026, to consider the 2026 ELA/ELD Instructional Materials Follow-up Adoption, including Program Type 3 Basic Biliteracy materials. The California Department of Education states that members of the public are “highly encouraged” to submit written comments by noon on Thursday, September […]
California Teacher Credential Candidates and Teacher Education Faculty, This MoraModules News Bulletin is especially for you. I am announcing that I have posted a CA TPEs Domain 7 Literacy Study Guide for accessing modules to guide future and current educators to the pedagogical knowledge base for literacy education for multilingual learners. The Study Guide is […]
ATDLE Conference 2026 Welcome to the Association for Two-way Dual Language Education ATDLE Conference 2026. The conference takes place in Dr. Mora’s chosen hometown, beautiful San Diego, California at the Town and Country Resort in Hotel Circle. Dr. Mora presented on Thursday, June 18 from 3:45-5:15 in Pacific E. Standards-based Biliteracy Instruction: A Metalinguistic Transfer […]
Dear Colleagues, This MoraModules Bulletin Board post is a reflection on the CABE 2026 March 4-7 in San Francisco. Jill Kerper Mora and Silvia Dorta-Duque de Reyes presented a session titled Making the Language-Concept Connection: Standards-Based Lesson Planning in Dual Language Programs on March 6, 2026. Based on their recently published book, the presenters led […]
Welcome to La Cosecha 2025 in beautiful Albuquerque, New Mexico. Dr. Mora is presenting on two days of the Conference, November 13 and November 14. Click here to link to resources for Dr. Mora’s presentations. November 13, 2025 at 9:10-10:30 ACC East Ruidoso Jill Kerper Mora and Silvia Dorta-Duque de Reyes present Lesson Design for […]
Fact-checking 10 Science of Reading Claims: A Multilingual Education Perspective Executive Summary Jill Kerper Mora, Ed.D. San Diego State University Click here for Dr. Mora’s Multilingual Education Perspective on SoR Ten Claims Statement of Purpose The purpose of this analysis of the 10 Claims of the Science of Reading (SoR) is to provide the perspective […]
Fact-checking Ten Science of Reading Claims: A Multilingual Educator’s Perspective Jill Kerper Mora, Ed.D.San Diego State University The format for this fact-checking of the Science of Reading (SoR) from the perspective of multilingual learner education and the description of the SoR claims are based on the book by Robert Tierney and P. David Pearson titled […]
Key Points Against Legislative Bans on “Three-cueing” in Reading Massachusetts Senate Bill S.338/H.698 Jill Kerper Mora, Ed.D. San Diego State University The five talking points below address the language from the Massachusetts Senate Bill S.338/H.698: Lines 46-50: The instruction may not include implicit and incidental instruction in word reading, visual memorization of whole words, guessing […]
Welcome to CABE 2025. We are celebrating CABE’s 50th birthday. This is a wonderful recognition of 50 years of professional development, research and activism in support of emergent bilingual learners. Dr. Mora is proud to have been part of this endeavor. Click here to access Dr. Mora’s article in The Multilingual Educator: Mora, J. K. […]
A Bilingual Educator’s Critique of the Science of Reading Movement Jill Kerper Mora UPDATE: Science of Reading Legislation Pushback: The California Story UPDATE: The Grade: Journalists’ Role in SoR UPDATE: Opposition to California Assembly Bill AB 2222 The Science of Reading is a hot topic on the internet and in the media these days. A […]
