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  • Affirmative Action

    Racial Preference in Black and White

    by Tim J. Wise ...
    Series series Positions: Education, Politics, and Culture
    Affirmative Action examines the larger structure of institutional white privilege in education, and compares the magnitude of white racial preference with the policies typically envisioned when the term "racial preference" is used. In doing so, the book demonstrates that the American system of education is both a reflection of and a contributor to a structure of institutionalized racism and racial ... Read more

    $63.99 USD

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  • Prairie Town

    Redefining Rural Life in the Age of Globalization

    by Jacqueline Edmondson ...
    Series series Critical Perspectives Series: A Book Series Dedicated to Paulo Freire
    Prairie Town: Redefining Rural Life in the Age of Globalization describes the contemporary rural condition and efforts to sustain rural life in one small Minnesota community at the turn of the 21st century. Like many other agricultural based towns, Prairie Town struggled for survival within the context of the on-going farm crisis, NAFTA, neoliberal agricultural policies, and growing agribusiness ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

  • The Education of English Language Learners

    Research to Practice

    Edited by Marilyn Shatz, PhD, Louise C. Wilkinson ...
    Series series Challenges in Language and Literacy
    This comprehensive volume describes evidence-based strategies for supporting English language learners (ELLs) by promoting meaningful communication and language use across the curriculum. Leading experts explain how and why learning is different for ELLs and pinpoint specific best practices for the classroom, illustrated with vivid examples. Particular attention is given to ways in which learning ... Read more

    $35.09 USD

  • The Cultural Proficiency Journey

    Moving Beyond Ethical Barriers Toward Profound School Change

    Edited by Brenda CampbellJones, Franklin L. CampbellJones, Randall B. Lindsey ...
    "This book is a magnificent contribution for advancing change! The Culturally Proficient Journey is one that we must all take if we truly care about and have the will to make a difference in the lives of all children. The authors have provided us with a road map for the journey. The rest is up to us."—Ruth S. Johnson, Professor Emeritus of Education LeadershipCalifornia State University, Los ... Read more

    $31.49 USD

  • Teaching Indigenous Students

    Honoring Place, Community, and Culture

    Edited by Jon Reyhner ...
    Indigenous students learn and retain more when teachers value the language and culture of the students’ community and incorporate them into the curriculum. This is a principle enshrined in the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (2007) and borne out both by the successes of Indigenous-language immersion schools and by the failures of past assimilationist practices and the recent ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • A Chinese Perspective on Teaching and Learning

    Edited by Betty C. Eng ...
    Series series Routledge Series on Schools and Schooling in Asia
    Bringing together educators from a range of backgrounds - psychology, sociology, social work, counseling, and teaching - this volume shows how Asian cultural values and beliefs can provide a lens through which to understand and envision how curriculum and pedagogy can be creatively adapted, not only in a local Chinese classroom context, but in a global context as well. ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • Education Reform and Social Change

    Multicultural Voices, Struggles, and Visions

    Edited by Catherine E. Walsh ...
    Education Reform and Social Change is about addressing and changing the structures, policies, and practices of schools that differentially advantage white, middle class, native English speakers over students of color for whom English may be a second or additional language. It is also about helping people to think critically about what it is schools do and to consider more democratic, participatory ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Janjak and Freda Go to the Iron Market

    by Elizabeth Turnbull ...
    Series Book 1 - Janjak and Freda
    In this first book of the bilingual Janjak and Freda series, cousins Janjak and Freda go with their godmother on an exciting adventure to Haiti's famous Iron Market.While there, they make many new friends, taste new fruits, and show the value of helping others when a runaway goat causes havoc in the market. The colorful text and beautiful illustrations will leave children dreaming up their own ... Read more

    $5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Intercultural Learning in Modern Language Education

    Expanding Meaning-Making Potentials

    by Dr. Erin Kearney ...
    Series Book 28 - Languages for Intercultural Communication and Education
    Winner of the 2015-16 Kenneth W. Mildenberger Prize awarded by the Modern Language AssociationMany educators aim to engage students in deeply meaningful learning in the language classroom, often facing challenges to connect the students with the culture of the language they are learning. This book aims to demonstrate that substantial intercultural learning can and does occur in the modern language ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

  • Education in the Balance

    Mapping the Global Dynamics of School Leadership

    by Raphael Wilkins ...
    Education in the Balance explores the significant choices and opportunities worldwide that are opening up to school leaders of the future for the development of schools and school systems. It argues that the judgments of individuals in leadership positions in a wide range of settings, including ministries of education, schools, private companies and NGOs may, cumulatively, have unintended ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

  • 1, 2, 3, SÍ!

    Numbers in English y Español

    by San Antonio Museum of Art, Madeleine Budnick ...
    What better way to learn how to count than with eye-catching works of art? From fanciful folk Mexican puppets, Egyptian eyes, and lively masks to golden antiquities, Olmec era sculpture, and European paintings, children will become armchair world travelers while being introduced to the world of art and learning how to count from one to ten. This bilingual edition also introduces children at a ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • The Dynamics of News and Indigenous Policy in Australia

    by Kerry McCallum, Lisa Waller ...
    Despite intense concern among academics and advocates, there is a deeply felt absence of scholarship on the way media reporting exacerbates rather than helps to resolve policy problems. This book offers rich insights into the news media’s role in the development of policy in Australia, and explores the complex, dynamic and interactive relationship between news media and Australian Indigenous ... Read more

    $38.99 USD