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| Crossing Over to Canaan: The Journey of New Teachers in Diverse Classrooms, by Gloria Ladson-Billings (2001). Detailing the struggles and triumphs of eight novice teachers, this book shows how good teachers can use innovation and "teachable moments" to turn cultural differences into academic assets. Culturally Responsive Teaching: Theory, Research, and Practice, by Geneva Gay (2000). The author discusses the role of teacher expectations and attitudes, formal and informal multicultural curricula, and diverse learning styles in the effort to improve the performance of underachieving students of color. Ordinary Resurrections: Children in the Years of Hope, by Jonathan Kozol (2001). Kozol offers a hopeful vision of life in the South Bronx. Poverty and deprivation are viewed through the eyes of the children who live there, and an admiring portrait is painted of the teachers, priests, parents, and grandparents who strive against all odds to ensure that these children grow up with a strong sense of hope and pride. There Are No Shortcuts, by Rafe Esquith (2003). What's a Los Angeles middle-school teacher to do with fifth and sixth graders, none of whom speak English at home and most of whom are eligible for free lunches? If you're Esquith, you have them read Twain, perform Shakespeare, play classical guitar, and study algebra. You take them camping and to concerts and the theater. And you teach them that "there are no shortcuts" to excellence. Refusing Racism, by Cynthia Stokes Brown (2003). Why and how have whites joined people of color to fight against white supremacy in the United States? What have they risked and what have they gained? This book offers rich portraits of four contemporary white American activists who have dedicated their lives to the struggle for civil rights. |