The New Press education reader
Subtitle: leading educators speak out
By: edited by Ellen Gordon Reeves.
Contributors: Reeves, Ellen Gordon.
Publisher: New Press; Distributed by W.W. Norton
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9781595581426; 9781595581105
Subjects: Teaching; Teachers; Discrimination in education -- United States; Educational equalization -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [351]-352).
Table of contents: title: 1. To be a teacher : experts talk about what it takes to be a great educator / Daniel Moulthrop, Nínive Clements Calegari, and Dave Eggers; title: 2. Respect, liking, trust, and fairness / Kathleen Cushman; title: 3. Teachers' voices : rethinking teacher education for diversity / Lisa Delpit; title: 4. From Black teachers on teaching / Michele Foster; title: 5. From Working / Studs Terkel; title: 6. The making of a revolution / Judith Rényi; title: 7. We make each other racial : the Madison high world as perceived by the "American" student / Laurie Olsen; title: 8. Explaining antiracism to my daughter / David Mura; title: 9. Everyday antiracism in education / Mica Pollock; title: 10. Why do some people hate us? Homophobia / Michael Thomas Ford; title: 11. Some reflections on teaching for social justice / Herbert Kohl; title: 12. Growing up poor / Robert Coles; title: 13. "...As soon as she opened her mouth!" : Issues of language, literacy, and power / Victoria Purcell-Gates; title: 14. Urban pedagogy / William Ayers and Patricia Ford; title: 15. Segregated housing and school resegregration / Gary Orfield; title: 16. What Alondra learned / Peter Schrag; title: 17. Students for sale : who profits from marketing in schools? / Susan Linn; title: 18. Involving parents and the community / Anne Wheelock; title: 19. Is your child being tracked? / National Coalition of Education Activists; title: 20. Organizing and teaching / William Ayers