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  • Clearing the Path for First-Generation College Students

    Qualitative and Intersectional Studies of Educational Mobility

    by Jenny Stuber, Trista Beard, Kim Godsoe, Casandra E. Harper, Allison L. Hurst, Véronique Irwin, Anthony Abraham Jack, Judy Marquez Kiyama, Rory Kramer, Elizabeth M. Lee, Robin Minthorn0, Ann L. Mullen1, Delma Ramos2, Bedelia Nicola Richards3, Ashley C. Rondini5, Thomas Piñeros Shields7, Nicolas P. Simon8, Fanny Yeung0, Natalie Rose Youngbull1 ...
    Clearing the Path for First-Generation College Students comprises a wide range of studies that explore the multidimensional social processes and meanings germane to the experiences of first-generation college students before and during their matriculation into institutions of higher education. The chapters offer timely, empirical examinations of the ways that these students negotiate experiences ... Read more

    $44.59 USD

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  • Despite the Best Intentions

    How Racial Inequality Thrives in Good Schools

    by Amanda E. Lewis, John B. Diamond ...
    Series series Transgressing Boundaries: Studies in Black Politics and Black Communities
    On the surface, Riverview High School looks like the post-racial ideal. Serving an enviably affluent, diverse, and liberal district, the school is well-funded, its teachers are well-trained, and many of its students are high achieving. Yet Riverview has not escaped the same unrelenting question that plagues schools throughout America: why is it that even when all of the circumstances seem right, ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

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  • The Light in Their Eyes

    Creating Multicultural Learning Communities: Tenth Anniversary Edition

    by Sonia Nieto ...
    Series series Multicultural Education Series
    In this 10th Anniversary Edition of her popular text, Sonia Nieto reviews where we have been and where we should be going in our pursuit of creating multicultural learning communities in our schools. With a new Introductory Chapter and a new Epilogue, Nieto addresses some of the changes we have experienced during the past decade that help explain the current sociopolitical environment—our ... Read more

    $30.59 USD

  • Race at the Top

    Asian Americans and Whites in Pursuit of the American Dream in Suburban Schools

    by Natasha Warikoo ...
    An illuminating, in-depth look at competition in suburban high schools with growing numbers of Asian Americans, where white parents are determined to ensure that their children remain at the head of the class.The American suburb conjures an image of picturesque privilege: manicured lawns, quiet streets, and—most important to parents—high-quality schools. These elite enclaves are also historically ... Read more

    $13.69 USD

  • Practice What You Teach

    Social Justice Education in the Classroom and the Streets

    by Bree Picower ...
    Series series Teaching/Learning Social Justice
    Many teachers enter the profession with a desire to "make a difference." But given who most teachers are, where they come from, and what pressure they feel to comply with existing school policies, how can they take up this charge? Practice What You Teach follows three different groups of educators to explore the challenges of developing and supporting teachers’ sense of social justice and activism ... Read more

    $52.99 USD

  • The Sociology of Education

    A Systematic Analysis

    by Jenny Stuber, Jeanne Ballantine, Judson Everitt ...
    The ninth edition of The Sociology of Education examines the field in rare breadth by incorporating a diverse range of theoretical approaches and a distinct sociological lens in its overview of education and schooling.Education is changing rapidly, just as the social forces outside of schools are, and to present the material in a meaningful way, the authors of this book provide a unifying ... Read more

    $180.00 USD

  • Leadership, Equity, and Social Justice in American Higher Education

    A Reader

    Edited by C.P. Gause ...
    Series Book 23 - Higher Ed
    Never before have leadership, equity, and social justice been more important and/or critical to the mission of public universities and institutions of higher education. The twenty-first century has ushered in a period of instantaneous feedback, including live newsfeeds, reviews of goods and services, and online streaming events, as well as experiences. Anyone with a smartphone has access to ... Read more

    $67.99 USD

  • Keepin' It Real : School Success Beyond Black and White

    by Prudence L. Carter ...
    Why are so many African American and Latino students performing less well than their Asian and White peers in classes and on exams? Researchers have argued that African American and Latino students who rebel against "acting white" doom themselves to lower levels of scholastic economic and social achievement. In Keepin' It Real: School Success beyond Black and White Prudence Carter turns the ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Presumed Incompetent

    The Intersections of Race and Class for Women in Academia

    Edited by Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs, Yolanda Flores Niemann, Carmen G. González, Angela P. Harris ...
    Presumed Incompetent is a pathbreaking account of the intersecting roles of race, gender, and class in the working lives of women faculty of color. Through personal narratives and qualitative empirical studies, more than 40 authors expose the daunting challenges faced by academic women of color as they navigate the often hostile terrain of higher education, including hiring, promotion, tenure, and ... Read more

    $24.49 USD

  • Just Practice

    A Social Justice Approach to Social Work

    by Janet L. Finn ...
    Just Practice: A Social Justice Approach to Social Work provides a foundation for critical and creative social work that integrates theory, history, ethics, skills, and rights to respond to the complex terrain of 21st-century social work. Just Practice puts the field of social work's expressed commitment to social justice at center stage with a framework that builds upon five key concepts: meaning ... Read more

    $52.69 USD

  • Youth Activism in an Era of Education Inequality

    by Ben Kirshner ...
    Series Book 2 - Qualitative Studies in Psychology
    Winner, 2016 Best Authored Book presented by the Society for Research on AdolescenceDiverse case studies on how youth build political power during an era of racial and educational inequality in AmericaThis is what democracy looks like: Youth organizers in Colorado negotiate new school discipline policies to end the school to jail track. Latino and African American students march to district ... Read more

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  • Confronting Racism in Teacher Education

    Counternarratives of Critical Practice

    Edited by Bree Picower, Rita Kohli ...
    Confronting Racism in Teacher Education aims to transform systematic and persistent racism through in-depth analyses of racial justice struggles and strategies in teacher education. By bringing together counternarratives of critical teacher educators, the editors of this volume present key insights from both individual and collective experiences of advancing racial justice. Written for teacher ... Read more

    $52.99 USD