EdD, Teachers College, Columbia University, NY, 2009
Cirrocilum and Teaching: Concentration in Reading and Language Arts

M.Ed, Teachers College, Columbia University, NY, 2002
Curriculum and Teaching

MA, Seton Hall University, NJ, 1993
Elementary Education, Pre-K to 8

BS, Syracuse University, NY, 1980                                                             
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Her research interests involve multilingual classrooms, written academic language, African American Language, sociocultural and sociolinguistic perspectives of education for African American students and other non-dominant language speakers as they learn the academic language in urban settings. She considers herself a researcher/practitioner, working in K-12 classrooms with students, teachers and administrators from diverse backgrounds in high-poverty areas.

Chapters
Bean-Folkes, J. (2012). Schools of Hope: Teaching Literacy in the Obama Era. In E. Thomas (Ed.) Reading the African American Experience in the Obama Era: A Handbook for Teaching, Learning, and Activism. p. 71-87. New York: Peter Lang

Bean-Folkes, J. & Bartley-Carter, (Accepted), How Best to Support Students Who Speak Non-Dominant Varieties in a Writing Classroom. In Peele-Eady & Correia (Eds.) Integrating Home and Heritage Languages in Schools: Re-Thinking Pedagogy and Practice, NCTE/Routledge Series on Multilingualism

Bean-Folkes, J., Browne, S., & Rose, C. (Accepted). No Excuses Believing and Achieving. In Patton Davis (Ed.) Re-authoring Savage Inequalities: Counter-Narratives of Striving and Success in Urban Education, Teachers College Press

Articles
Bean-Folkes, J. & Lewis, T. (2018).Teaching in a culture of love: An open dialogue about African American student learning. School Community Journal. Fall 2018

Bean-Folkes, J., Jewett, P., Alaniz, C., Corbin, S., Porter, D., Sanders, J., and Sims, H. (2018). The 2017 Notable Children's Books in the English Language Arts. Language Arts, 95(4), 248-262

Bean-Folkes, J., Jewett, P., Alaniz, C., Corbin, S., Porter, D., Sanders, J., and Sims, H. (2017). In Imaginative Pursuit: The 2017 Notable Children's Books in the Language Arts. Journal of Children's Literature, 43(2), 43-56

Bean-Folkes, J. (2015). A Tale of Words.  Perspectives and Provocations, NCTE-Early Childhood Education Assembly. (2)2, 1-6

Bean-Folkes, J. (2015). Student’s Linguistic Knowledge in the Writing Classroom. Literacy & Social Responsibility, ejournal, ILA. 8(1), 15-25

Bean-Folkes, J. (2014). Why I Teach – The Power of Language. The Reading Teacher. 68(2), 159.

Bean-Folkes, J. (2011). The Why Behind Teacher Research. Childhood Education.  87(5), 357-360.

National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), National Conference (November 2018)
Panel Presentations: Classroom Libraries as Windows and Mirrors: Ensuring Diverse, Representative Books for our Students

International Literacy Association (ILA)
International Reading Association, Annual Convention, invited panel, Classroom Libraries as Windows and Mirrors, (2018)

American Educational Research Association (AERA)
American Educational Research Association, panel presentation, (2017) Operationalizing School-Community Collaborative Funds of Knowledge: Reimaging the Role of Educational Research Through Community Roundtables; Title: Advocating for Public Education of Minority Students: What is needed for literacy learning?

American Educational Research Association, panel presentation, (2017) Investigating Writing Intervention in Multilingual 4th Grade Classrooms

Blogs

Bean-Folkes, J. (2018, September 29). Teaching with Diverse and Global Literature: A conversation with Jane Bean-Folkes

Bean-Folkes, J. & Kessler, T. (2018, February 26). Love’s In Need of Love Today: Public Education in Troubled Times