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  • Heroes Need Help

    by Maria Powell, Jaxon Powell ...
    Illustrated by Jason Greco ...
    Heroes do not win battles singlehandedly. The same is true for children with cancer. They need the help of powerful medications and the support of their community. "Heroes Need Help" describes chemotherapy as a tool, similar to resources other heroes use. Firefighters have hoses to put out flames, superheroes use unique powers to fight villains, and athletes have their team working together for ... Read more

    $5.00 USD

  • Aesthetic Reason and Imaginative Freedom

    Friedrich Schiller and Philosophy

    Edited by María del Rosario Acosta López, Jeffrey L. Powell ...
    Series series SUNY series in Contemporary Continental Philosophy
    Shows the relevance of Schiller's thought for contemporary philosophy, particularly aesthetics, ethics, and politics.This book seeks to draw attention to Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805) as a philosophical thinker in his own right. For too long, his philosophical contribution has been neglected in favor of his much-deserved reputation as a political playwright. The essays in this collection make two ... Read more

    $33.29 USD

  • Reclaiming Integration and the Language of Race in the "Post-Racial" Era

    by Maria Krysan, Howard Winant, John Powell, Andrew Grant Thomas, Gary Orfield, Erica Frankenberg, Lucie Kalousova, Robert A. Sedler, Reynolds Farley ...
    The book is divided into two major sections: (1) “Reclaiming Integration”; (2) “Reclaiming the Language of Race.” Both sections are located in the context of the “post-racial” era and analyzed by nationally renowned scholars in various dimensions. The purpose of this organization is to link structural efforts to encourage voluntary integration with discursive efforts to broaden our social ... Read more

    $47.79 USD

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    Dismantling Mass Incarceration

    A Handbook for Change

    Narrated by Arnell Powell ...

    Unabridged

    14 hours 11 min

    America’s criminal justice system perpetuates profound social and racial harms.But despite growing recognition of its destructiveness, the vast machinery of the carceral state remains very much intact. How can its damage be undone?In this pathbreaking reader, three of the nation’s leading advocates for change—Premal Dharia, Maria Hawilo, and the Pulitzer Prize–winning author James Forman Jr. ... Read more

    $25.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • COVID-19 and the Classroom

    How Schools Navigated the Great Disruption

    by Martha Bradley-Dorsey, Jodie Brinkman, Katrina Brown-Aliffi, Dick Carpenter, Carol Cash, Maegan Dayton, Joshua Dunn, Charles Glenn, Michelle Hicks, Samantha Hope, Savanna Love, Sarah Marrs, Kim McKnight, Natalie Neugebauer, Emiola Oyefuga, Gabrielle Pickover, Maria Pitre-Martin, Christine Powell, Ted Price, Rodrigo Queiroz e Melo, David Shannon, Parinita Shetty, Deja Trammell, Angela Watson, Sarah Woods, Diana Yesbeck, LaRon Scott, Robert Maranto, Neal P. McCluskey ...
    COVID-19 and the Classroom: How Schools Navigated the Great Disruption presents social science research that explores how schools navigated the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic from March 2020 through the 2020-21 school year. This book also serves as a history book, documenting what this period was like for those involved in the enterprise of educating children. The book is divided into ... Read more

    $34.89 USD

  • Play Like an Animal!

    Why Critters Splash, Race, Twirl, and Chase

    by Maria Gianferrari ...
    Illustrated by Mia Powell ...
    Dash! Hide! Splash! Ride! Exuberant text celebrates all the different ways animals play, from rhinos taking mud baths and parrots somersaulting through the air to kangaroos boxing and dolphins diving through the surf. Additional text explains how playing benefits animals. Fascinating back matter gives more information about the featured animals in the book and encourages readers to make time to ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

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  • Other People’s Children

    Cultural Conflict in the Classroom

    by Lisa Delpit ...
    A thirtieth anniversary edition of the landmark work on race, power, and education—repackaged for a new generationSince its original publication, education professor Lisa Delpit’s Other People’s Children has become a foundational text in the struggle for equity in education. Drawing on her experience as a teacher, researcher, and Black woman navigating predominantly white institutions, the ... Read more

    $15.89 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Education of the Negro Prior to 1861

    Enriched edition. A History of the Education of the Colored People of the United States from the Beginning of Slavery to the Civil War

    by Carter Godwin Woodson, Logan Lambert ...
    Carter Godwin Woodson's "The Education of the Negro Prior to 1861" meticulously details the oppressive educational landscape faced by African Americans before the American Civil War. Through a blend of historical analysis and narrative, Woodson elucidates the systemic barriers and societal attitudes that stunted educational opportunities for Black individuals. His scholarly approach is underscored ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • An Introduction to Multicultural Education

    From Theory to Practice

    by Chinaka S. DomNwachukwu ...
    An Introduction to Multicultural Education provides a balance between the principles and practice of multicultural education in the K-12 classroom, presenting multicultural education as a learner-centered pedagogy. DomNwachukwu's book projects foundational principles and practices that make multicultural education relevant and appealing, while eliminating ideas and practices that produce negative ... Read more

    $64.79 USD

  • America's Urban Crisis and the Advent of Color-Blind Politics

    Education, Incarceration, Segregation, and the Future of the U.S. Multiracial Democracy

    by Grace Lee Boggs, Benjamin DeMott, Erica Frankenberg, Andrew Grant-Thomas, Lani Guinier, Maria Hinojosa, Gary Howard, Colbert I. King, Marc Mauer, Trinh Minh-Ha, Michael Omi, John Telford, Lisa Thurau, Johanna Wald, James J. Zogby, Nell Irvin Painter, Henry Louis Gates Jr., Houston Baker, Bob Herbert, Arthur Levine, Manning Marable, Alvin F. Poussaint, Cornel West, john a. powell ...
    Over 40 years ago the historic Kerner Commission Report declared that America was undergoing an urban crisis whose effects were disproportionately felt by underclass populations. In America's Urban Crisis and the Advent of Color-blind Politics, Curtis Ivery and Joshua Bassett explore the persistence of this crisis today, despite public beliefs that America has become a "post-racial" nation after ... Read more

    $28.39 USD

  • Schooling the Next Generation

    Creating Success in Urban Elementary Schools

    by Dan Zuberi ...
    Public schools are among the most important institutions in North American communities, especially in disadvantaged urban neighbourhoods. At their best, they enable students to overcome challenges like poverty by providing vital literacy and numeracy skills. At their worst, they condemn students to failure, both economically and in terms of preparing them to be active participants in a democratic ... Read more

    $33.09 USD

  • Bilingual and ESL Classrooms

    Teaching in Multicultural Contexts

    by Carlos J. Ovando, Mary Carol Combs, Eugene E. García ...
    Now in its 6th Edition, this classic text integrates theory and practice to provide comprehensive coverage of bilingual and ESL education. The text covers the foundations of bilingual and ESL education and provides a strong focus on what the teacher needs to know in a bilingual classroom. Woven throughout the text are quotes from bilingual and ESL students and teachers that illuminate the ... Read more

    $97.19 USD