Everyday antiracism getting real about race in school

"How should teachers respond when children ask challenging questions aabout race? How should teachers handle the use of the "N-word" or discuss "achievement gaps" with colleagues? How can teachers avoid unwittingly making children of color speak on behalf of their entire group? In more than fifty or...

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Other Authors: Pollock, Mica, 1971- (Editor)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : New Press : Distributed by W.W. Norton & Co., 2008.
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Table of Contents:
  • Exposing race as an obsolete biological concept / Alan H. Goodman
  • No brain is racial / Mica Pollock
  • Getting rid of the word "Caucasian" / Carol C. Mukhopadhyay
  • Beginning courageous conversations about race / Glenn E. Singleton and Cyndie Hays
  • Talking precisely about equal opportunity / Mica Pollock
  • Nice is not enough : defining caring for students of color / Sonia Nieto
  • Following children's leads in conversations about race / Kimberly Chang and Rachel Conrad
  • Observing students sharing language / Ben Rampton
  • Strengthening student identity in school programs / Patricia Gándara
  • Uncovering internalized oppression / Angela Valenzuela
  • Helping students see each other's humanity / L. Janelle Dance
  • Constructing colorblind classrooms / Samuel R. Lucas
  • Knowing students as individuals / Joshua Aronson
  • Showing students who you are / Heather M. Pleasants
  • Helping students of color meet high standards / Ronald F. Ferguson
  • Providing supportive feedback / Geoffrey L. Cohen
  • Teaching and transcending basic skills / Amanda Taylor
  • Grouping in detracked classrooms / Beth C. Rubin
  • Standards v. "standard" knowledge / Edmund T. Hamann
  • Valuing nonstandard English / John Baugh
  • Teaching students fluency in multiple cultural codes / Prudence Carter
  • Challenging cultural stereotypes of "scientific ability" / Maria Ong
  • Finding role models in the community / Meira Levinson
  • Providing equal access to "gifted" education / Karolyn Tyson
  • What discipline is for : connecting students to the benefits of learning / Pedro A. Noguera.
  • Using photography to explore racial identity / Alexandra Lightfoot
  • Exploring racial identity through writing / Jennifer A. Mott-Smith
  • Involving students in selecting reading materials / Christine E. Sleeter
  • Teaching critical analysis of racial oppression / Jeff Duncan-Andrade
  • Using critical hip-hop in the curriculum / Ernest Morrell
  • Engaging youth in participatory inquiry for social justice / María Elena Torre and Michelle Fine
  • Arab visibility and invisibility / Thea Abu El-Haj
  • Evaluating images of groups in your curriculum / Teresa L. McCarty
  • Teaching representations of cultural difference through film / Sanjay Sharma
  • What is on your classroom wall? : problematic posters / Donna Deyhle
  • Teaching racially sensitive literature / Jocelyn Chadwick
  • Making race relevant in all-white classrooms : using local history / Mara Tieken
  • Teaching facts, not myths, about Native Americans / Paoul Ongtooguk and Claudia S. Dybdahl
  • Inviting students to analyze their learning experience / Makeba Jones and Susan Yonezawa
  • Interrogating students' silences / Katherine Schultz
  • Questioning "cultural" explanations of classroom behaviors / Doug Foley
  • Creating safe spaces in predominantly white classrooms / Pamela Perry
  • On spotlighting and ignoring racial group members in the classroom / Dorinda J. Carter
  • Racial incidents as teachable moments / Lawrence Blum
  • Debating racially charged topics / Ian F. Haney López
  • Developing antiracist school policy / David Gillborn
  • Focusing on student learning / John B. Diamond
  • Moving beyond quick "cultural" explanations / Vivian Louie
  • Naming the racial hierarchies that arise during school reforms / Rosemary Henze
  • Spearheading school-wide reform / Willis D. Hawley.
  • Responding to the "N-word" / Wendy Luttrell
  • Engaging diverse groups of colleagues in conversation / Alice McIntyre
  • Locating yourself for your students / Priya Parmar and Shirley Steinberg
  • Expanding definitions of "good teaching" / Lee Anne Bell
  • Valuing students' home worlds / Eugene E. García
  • Getting to know students' communities / Leisy Wyman and Grant Kashatok
  • Helping students research their communities / Kathleen Cushman
  • Cultivating the trust of Black parents / Beverly Daniel Tatum
  • Helping parents fight stereotypes about their children / Janie Victoria Ward
  • Informing parents about available opportunities / Roslyn Arlin Mickelson and Linwood H. Cousins
  • Resisting the "lone hero" stance / Audrey Thompson
  • Recognizing the likelihood of reproducing racism / Eduardo Bonilla-Silva and David G. Embrick
  • Staying hopeful / Ronald David Glass
  • What is next? / Mica Pollock.