This book seeks to provide some practical insights guided by conceptual and contextual knowledge by understanding how to teach urban African American and Hispan

The nation’s demographic of public schools are more ethnically, racially, and linguistically diverse than ever before (Strauss, 2014). However, there are stil

Nearly 30% of all public school children attend school in large or mid-size cities, totaling more than 16 million students in 22,000 schools. For schools servin

Critical Literacy and Urban Youth offers an interrogation of critical theory developed from the author’s work with young people in classrooms, neighborhoods,

Today’s public schools represent greater student diversity than ever before in the history of the United States, yet pedagogical approaches as mandated by sta