Designed to spark an interchange of ideas, this book presents early childhood education as a nuanced, shifting, and complex field. Readers will bear witness to several decades of the lived experiences of influential leaders engaged in conversation about seven major topics.

Offers a pioneering guide to the big issues in contemporary early childhood policy. Written in a lively, personal style, the book drives home the importance of the earliest years for developing human capital - the nation’s future. Susan Ochshorn’s “policy tales” highlight the abject failure of the US to support parents and early educators, and will inspire a new generation of leadership.

Education scholars confront escalating attacks on diversity and multicultural learning by outlining challenges posed by misinformation, racism, and rising authoritarianism. Research-based strategies and actionable insights offer educators and policymakers a hopeful roadmap to nurture democracy and equity.

Leading scholars reveal how mounting assaults on multicultural education and democracy fuel rising authoritarianism. They examine the roots of anti-diversity rhetoric and misinformation, offering actionable strategies and interventions for educators and policymakers to build more inclusive, equitable learning environments.

What does leadership and change actually look like in myriad situations? This ""boots-on-the-ground"" resource, written by a former dean of education, pulls back the curtain on the crucial and complicated role of senior leadership and brings to the forefront experiences that often go unspoken.

Offers educators evidence-based best practices to help them address the individual needs of English learners with academic challenges and those who have been referred for special education services. The authors include guidance and specific tools to help districts, schools, and classrooms use multi-tiered systems of support and other interventions.

Brings together a collection of work that situates disability as a key aspect of children and youth's cultural identity construction. The book explores how disability intersects with other markers of difference to create unique cultural repertoires to be valued, sustained, and utilized for learning.