description: Education, like electricity, needs a conduit, a teacher, through which to transmit its power-- i.e., the discovery and continuity of information, knowledge, wisdom, experience, and culture. Through the stories and experiences of eight successful teacher-transmitters, The Dreamkeepers keeps hope alive for educating young African Americans.--ReverAnd Jesse L. Jackson, president and founder, National Rainbow CoalitionIn this beautifully written book Ladson-Billings illustrates the inspiring influence of a select group of teachers who keep the dreams alive for African American students.?Henry M. Levin, David Jacks professor of Higher Education, Stanford UniversityLadson-Billing's portraits, interwoven with personal reflections, challenge readers to envision intellectually rigorous and culturally relevant classrooms that have the power to improve the lives of not just African American students but all children.
language: English
title: The Dreamkeepers: Successful Teachers of African American Children
titlecomplete: The Dreamkeepers: Successful Teachers of African American Children (Jossey-Bass Education Series)
genres: Grad School, Social Justice, Education, Nonfiction, School, Anti Racist, Sociology, Teaching, Race, African American
ratings_count: 1236
publisher: Proquest/Csa Journal Div