Media

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FILMS

SMALL TOWN, BIG DREAMS (2019) (with award winner, Tim Sorel, UF College of Journalism) Documentary film about rural, place-based education and a “Community Classroom” for bilingual students

NOTHING’S GONNA HAPPEN (2015) Documentary film about risks and dangers of scooters and motorcycles on the University of Florida campus (in memoriam of Thomas J. Coady, 1992-2014)

WAITING ON DACA (2013) Documentary film about a DREAMER waiting for immigration reform in the United States

webinars & podcasts

• National Rural Education Association (NREA) Podcast with Dr. Allen Prat, Dr. Christopher Silver, and Jared Bingham. S03E16 – Rural Education and the Migratory Patterns of Immigrants to the United States, an interview with Dr. Maria Coady (October 24, 2023)

• Mashable Social Good Series – Digital Divide with Dr. Chris Emdin (moderator), Dr. Maria Coady, Dana Floberg, Becky Pringle, and Lakisha Young (March, 2021)

• Federal Rural Education Policy Event (hosted by Organizations Concerned with Rural Education – OCRE) (February, 2021)

• Dual Language Education: Historical U.S. Perspectives and Current Practices – Part 1, Podcast – US Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA) – (October, 2020)

• Ask the Authors, Live!: Multilingual Matters Publisher event, (August, 2020)

• The growth of English learners in rural areas: Research on challenges and promising practices in school (Institute for Educational Sciences). (May, 2019) (with D. Gagnon and H. Hansen Thomas)

News and articles

• The Science of Reading is not the only answer to North Carolina’s literacy crisis. The North State Journal. (April, 2023)

• EdNC. Perspectives. Building community and ensuring compliance for Multilingual Learners. (April, 2023)

• EdNC. Perspectives. Harnessing linguistic diversity in North Carolina’s schools. (Dec., 2022)

• Q&A: University of Florida Professor Maria Coady shares the state’s historic dual-language education and best practices for national bilingual/multilingual learner advocacy month. UnidosUS. (April, 2021) by Julienne Gage.

• English learners benefit from dual language. USA Today. (May, 2020)

• Maria Coady: ¿Qué pasa with bilingual education in Alachua County schools? The Gainesville Sun. (Feb., 2020)

• Parent engagement event in Gainesville, FL. The Gainesville Sun. (Feb, 2020)

• Move education for English learners into the 21st century. The Gainesville Sun. (Sept., 2019)

• Saving lives on scooters and motorcycles. The Gainesville Sun. (Nov, 2015)