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Marilee Coles-Ritchie, PhD

@marileecr.bsky.social
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supporting multilingual learners, reader, hiker, teacher educator Website: marileecolesritchie.com *Professional Development in schools *qualitative researcher Blog/Newsletter: substack.com/@marileecolesritchiephd

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Marilee Coles-Ritchie, PhD @marileecr.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
When the World Feels Heavy open.substack.com/pub/marileec...
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When the World Feels Heavy
Mindful Moments for Teachers of Multilingual Learners
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Marilee Coles-Ritchie, PhD @marileecr.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/ch...
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Charge Epstein's Co-Conspirators!
Recent documents released by the DOJ reveal eight people listed as co-conspirators: Les Wexner, billionaire and former CEO of Victoria’s Secret; Lesley Groff, Epstein’s longtime secretary; the late mo...
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Marilee Coles-Ritchie, PhD @marileecr.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Gallery Walk with Language Ladders open.substack.com/pub/marileec...
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Gallery Walk with Language Ladders
Engaging, Accessible, Inclusive for All Learners
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Marilee Coles-Ritchie, PhD @marileecr.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
When Content Rigor Meets Language Support: open.substack.com/pub/marileec...
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When Content Rigor Meets Language Support:
Tip for Secondary Teachers with Multilingual Learners
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Marilee Coles-Ritchie, PhD @marileecr.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Keep calling. This is a super easy app to use.
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Marilee Coles-Ritchie, PhD @marileecr.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Man Killed by Federal Agents in Minneapolis Was Holding a Phone, Not a Gun www.nytimes.com/live/2026/us...
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Man Killed by Federal Agents in Minneapolis Was Holding a Phone, Not a Gun
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Marilee Coles-Ritchie, PhD @marileecr.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
UT CTA: Urge State Legislators to Reject SB 134, Appellate Court Amendments www.congressweb.com/MWEG/91?fram...
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UT CTA: Urge State Legislators to Reject SB 134, Appellate Court Amendments
SB 134 would add two more justices to the Utah Supreme Court. It would also add several lower court judges. Why this matters: This bill comes after recent judicial decisions that many legislators...
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Marilee Coles-Ritchie, PhD @marileecr.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
UT CTA: Urge State Legislators to Reject HB 209, Voting Amendments www.congressweb.com/MWEG/90?fram...
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UT CTA: Urge State Legislators to Reject HB 209, Voting Amendments
MWEG believes that electoral systems should promote participation for all citizens. When the government changes requirements to vote, the benefits should outweigh the costs. HB 209 adds a new requi...
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Marilee Coles-Ritchie, PhD @marileecr.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
After a break, teachers may need games to engage. Check this out! 3 Zero-Tech Ways to Gamify Vocabulary open.substack.com/pub/marileec...
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3 Zero-Tech Ways to Gamify Vocabulary
(and Support Multilingual Learners)
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Marilee Coles-Ritchie, PhD @marileecr.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
How do you teach Thanksgiving? Teaching Thanksgiving Responsibly open.substack.com/pub/marileec...
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Teaching Thanksgiving Responsibly
Content-Area Classes with Multilingual Learners
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Marilee Coles-Ritchie, PhD @marileecr.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Check out the started connection questions. A Joy-Centered Tip for all Content Area open.substack.com/pub/marileec...
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A Joy-Centered Tip for all Content Area
Inspired by Unearthing Joy for Multilingual Learners
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Marilee Coles-Ritchie, PhD @marileecr.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
The public deserves to know the extent of Epstein’s abuse and to hold accountable anybody—regardless of political affiliation—who enabled it. Add your name to the petition to demand the Department of Justice and White House publicly release the files. sign.moveon.org/petitions/ep...
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Release the Epstein Files
The public deserves to know the extent of Epstein’s abuse and to hold accountable anybody—regardless of political affiliation—who enabled it. Add your name to the petition to demand the Department of ...
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Marilee Coles-Ritchie, PhD @marileecr.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Share with content area teachers! One Simple Shift open.substack.com/pub/marileec...
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One Simple Shift
Making Content More Accessible for Multilingual Learners
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Marilee Coles-Ritchie, PhD @marileecr.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Do your students help deconate your walls? Do your walls offer support for #multilinguallearners ? Walls That Welcome open.substack.com/pub/marileec...
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Walls That Welcome
How Classroom Posters Can Power Belonging for Multilingual Learners
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Marilee Coles-Ritchie, PhD @marileecr.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
The Best Way to Learn? Teach It open.substack.com/pub/marileec...
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The Best Way to Learn? Teach It
Ways to implement this practice for Multilingual Learners
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Marilee Coles-Ritchie, PhD @marileecr.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Effective way to connect content to emerging Multilingual Learners. Unpacking the Language of the Standard open.substack.com/pub/marileec...
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Unpacking the Language of the Standard
Step by step breakdown for Multilingual Learners
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Marilee Coles-Ritchie, PhD @marileecr.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Live in Utah? Contact your state legislator to stop partisan gerrymandering: act.standupamerica.com/letters/cte-...
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Stop Gerrymandering in Utah
Utahns have been clear: they want fair maps. But Republicans are trying to ram through a partisan gerrymandered map to benefit D.C. politicians. Contact Governor Cox and the state legislature to deman...
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Marilee Coles-Ritchie, PhD @marileecr.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Let's get kids learning through movement! 3 Ways to Teach Content Vocabulary Through Movement, by @mcoles65 substack.com/@marileecole...
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3 Ways to Teach Content Vocabulary Through Movement
Benefits for Multilingual Learners
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Marilee Coles-Ritchie, PhD @marileecr.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Who wants an activity that connects content to relevant life experience and builds community? Content-based, Joy-filled Collage open.substack.com/pub/marileec...
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Content-based, Joy-filled Collage
Drawing from Muhammad's book "Unearthing Joy"
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Marilee Coles-Ritchie, PhD @marileecr.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Guest post by Urban Secondary Language Arts Teacher: Honoring the Genius of Multilingual Learners open.substack.com/pub/marileec...
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Honoring the Genius of Multilingual Learners
Guest post by Urban Language Arts Teacher
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Marilee Coles-Ritchie, PhD @marileecr.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Simple Shifts for Multilingual Learners open.substack.com/pub/marileec...
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Simple Shifts for Multilingual Learners
Try them tomorrow!
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Marilee Coles-Ritchie, PhD @marileecr.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
3 Ways to Launch the School Year with Student Voice and Content Connection open.substack.com/pub/marileec...
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3 Ways to Launch the School Year with Student Voice and Content Connection
Inspired by Dr. Gholdy Muhammad
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Marilee Coles-Ritchie, PhD @marileecr.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
A betrayal of the victims of the Holocaust open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
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A betrayal of the victims of the Holocaust
A view from Israel
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Marilee Coles-Ritchie, PhD @marileecr.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
José Andrés: The World Cannot Stand By With Gaza on the Brink of Famine www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/o...
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Opinion | José Andrés: The World Cannot Stand By With Gaza on the Brink of Famine
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Marilee Coles-Ritchie, PhD @marileecr.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Yes, I Do School Workshops (and I’d Love to Visit Yours!) open.substack.com/pub/marileec...
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Yes, I Do School Workshops (and I’d Love to Visit Yours!)
Supporting your Multilingual Learners
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Marilee Coles-Ritchie, PhD @marileecr.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Try this to create connection and reflection with your students. End of Year Reflection Gallery Walk open.substack.com/pub/marileec...
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End of Year Reflection Gallery Walk
Adaptable for Any Content Area
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Marilee Coles-Ritchie, PhD @marileecr.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Please share with teachers if you live in the western US! Amazing Opportunity for 6-12 grade STEM or STEAM Teachers open.substack.com/pub/marileec...
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Amazing Opportunity for 6-12 grade STEM or STEAM Teachers
MIT & Westminster University Collaboration
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Marilee Coles-Ritchie, PhD @marileecr.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Salt Lake City adopts new banners, sidestepping pride flag ban  utahnewsdispatch.com/2025/05/06/s...
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Salt Lake City adopts new banners, sidestepping pride flag ban  • Utah News Dispatch
The Salt Lake City Council unanimously adopted three new city banners to sidestep a new state flag ban hours before it took effect.
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Marilee Coles-Ritchie, PhD @marileecr.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Health Care, Business & Religious Leaders, Educators, Other Experts to Discuss How Mass Deportations Are Harming Utah Communities | MomsRising www.momsrising.org/newsroom/hea...
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Health Care, Business & Religious Leaders, Educators, Other Experts to Discuss How Mass Deportations Are Harming Utah Communities
MEDIA ADVISORY FOR WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30At 10 am Wednesday, April 30 at the State Capitol, MomsRising and Voices for Utah Children will host a news conference and roundtable discussion that brings toget...
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Marilee Coles-Ritchie, PhD @marileecr.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
LOVE this response. Maine Governor, Staring Down Trump, Says She Is Unfazed by ‘Loud Men’ www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/u...
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Maine Governor, Staring Down Trump, Says She Is Unfazed by ‘Loud Men’
Observers of her political rise — and some who have sparred with her — say Gov. Janet Mills’s refusal to bow to President Trump is right in character.
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Marilee Coles-Ritchie, PhD @marileecr.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Please share with teachers if you live in the western US! Amazing Opportunity for 6-12 grade STEM or STEAM Teachers open.substack.com/pub/marileec...
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Amazing Opportunity for 6-12 grade STEM or STEAM Teachers
MIT & Westminster University Collaboration
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Marilee Coles-Ritchie, PhD @marileecr.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
"What I wish my teachers would do!" open.substack.com/pub/marileec...
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"What I wish my teachers would do!"
Quotes from High School Multilingual Learners
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Marilee Coles-Ritchie, PhD @marileecr.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Stories for science, math, social studies, music, and all content areas! open.substack.com/pub/marileec...
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Story Circles for All Content Areas
Tips for Multilingual Learners
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Marilee Coles-Ritchie, PhD @marileecr.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
10 more reasons for modest optimism open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
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10 more reasons for modest optimism
Friends,
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Marilee Coles-Ritchie, PhD @marileecr.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Who’s in?
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Marilee Coles-Ritchie, PhD @marileecr.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Game for Engagement: Taboo Vocabulary Check out my new post. Multilingual teachers-share with content area teachers. open.substack.com/pub/marileec...
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Game for Engagement: Taboo Vocabulary
Adaptations for ALL content areas
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Marilee Coles-Ritchie, PhD @marileecr.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Specific trauma informed activities to do in classrooms—flushed out in my blog.
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Marilee Coles-Ritchie, PhD @marileecr.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
3 Specific Trauma Informed Practices for Any Classroom, by @mcoles65 substack.com/@marileecole...
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3 Specific Trauma Informed Practices for Any Classroom
Secondary Content Teachers--YOU TOO!
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Marilee Coles-Ritchie, PhD @marileecr.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Clip from my latest blog post!
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Marilee Coles-Ritchie, PhD @marileecr.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Thoughts! Trump will overplay his hand. Be ready for when he does. open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
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Trump will overplay his hand. Be ready for when he does.
Friends,
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Marilee Coles-Ritchie, PhD @marileecr.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Utah peeps who love public education—PLEASE SIGN! myuea.org/advocating-f...
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Fight Against HB 267: Support Utah’s Public Educators and Students | UEA
Take a stand against an unprecedented power grab by anti-public education politicians!
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Marilee Coles-Ritchie, PhD @marileecr.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Thanks for sharing!
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Marilee Coles-Ritchie, PhD @marileecr.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
www.acluutah.org/en/know-your... Please share! Lots of reports of ICE picking up folks in Utah.
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What To Do When Interacting with ICE
Everyone in America, no matter their citizenship or immigration status, has guaranteed rights under the Constitution. Learn about your rights when interacting with Immigration and Customs Enforcement
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Community is the antidote to despair. Happy to host! 🌹
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Reposted by Marilee Coles-Ritchie, PhD
WAFLT-WA @wafltwa.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Do you believe Washington's World Language, Dual Language, ASL, & other language programs deserve recognition, funding, & opportunities to expand? Program advocacy is a continual process. In 2025, WAFLT is committed to promoting and supporting our programs & students.
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Marilee Coles-Ritchie, PhD @marileecr.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Martin Luther King, Jr. & Immigration open.substack.com/pub/marileec...
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Martin Luther King, Jr. & Immigration
5 ideas to share with your students
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Marilee Coles-Ritchie, PhD @marileecr.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Thanks to Evergreen State for inviting to facilitate a virtual workshop for aspiring teachers of Multilingual Learners.
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Marilee Coles-Ritchie, PhD @marileecr.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Yep!
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Marilee Coles-Ritchie, PhD @marileecr.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
If seeing is better than listening, here you go: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-qZ...
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Marilee Coles‑Ritchie
YouTube video by Tan Huynh
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Marilee Coles-Ritchie, PhD @marileecr.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
I was on a podcast sharing ideas and stories about teaching Multilingual Learners. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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Ep 207: Centering Multilingual Learners w/ Dr. Merilee Coles-Ritchie
Podcast Episode · Teaching MLs · 01/13/2025 · 1h 1m
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