Examines two waves of business influence that created models of schooling that are out of touch with the experiences of students, the professional expertise of teachers, and the needs of local communities. The book also describes the forms of resistance that are currently emerging to fight for the democratic mission of a public education.

Examines how to use ethnographic methods to conduct research in language and literacy. This work begins by mapping some of the developments in ethnography across the last century, from colonial interests to contemporary studies of migration, multiculturalism, and global citizenship. It also includes research questions, field notes, and analysis.

Argues that responding to a number of factors like air quality, housing, public health, community safety, segregation, and neighborhood conditions are essential to improving academic outcomes and student health. This volume urges readers to reconsider what education policy is, what it could be, who it is for, and who should be directly shaping it.

Bringing together an inspirational group of educators, this book provides insights into what it means to implement social justice ideals with young children. Each chapter highlights a teacher's experience with an aspect of social justice and ethnic studies, including related research, projects, lesson plans, and implications for teacher education.

Presents an exciting, liberatory framework for disrupting the pervasive myth that there is one set of surefire, culturally neutral best practices. In this new edition, the authors update and expand their pedagogical model to support lifelong success for teachers of all subject areas and grade levels.

Offers readers a unique and progressive approach for preparing prospective and inservice teachers, and graduate students, to effectively teach the literacy skills to K-12 students that are needed for eventual college and career success. The book’s focus is on engaging teachers, as adult learners, in professional learning that is collaborative, substantive, situated, dynamic, intense, and personal.

Great teachers will tell you that you can learn a lot about students from the questions they ask. This book shares 400 of the most important questions kids ask about their brains, along with answers that can be shared with students from ages 3 to 18.