Background/Context When Ladson-Billings described the pedagogical practices of
successful teachers of African American children and consequently conceptualized …

Every teacher seeks to be an effective teacher. Every teacher wants to have a positive,
remarkable, and lasting influence on students' lives. But what makes for an effective …

Culturally responsive practices in schools and classrooms have been shown to be an
effective means of addressing the achievement gap as well as the disproportionate …

Background/Context Teacher education programs are charged with the daunting task of
preparing the next generation of teachers. However, the extant literature has documented …

Growing research evidence on the ethic of care suggests that caring should be an integral
part of the pedagogical methods implemented in schools. However, the colour blind …

In this article, Uma Jayakumar, Rican Vue, and Walter Allen present their study of Young
Black Scholars (YBS), a community-initiated college preparatory program in Los Angeles …

This article illustrates the application of critical literacy (Freire & Macedo, 1987; Gutierrez,
2008; Morrell, 2007) pedagogies that draw from young people's funds of knowledge (Moll …

This qualitative study investigates the existence of cultural themes in classrooms serving low-
income African American students. A classification scheme categorizing classroom …

Long-term, adolescent English language learners (ELLs) experience persistent academic
underachievement in spite of several years of schooling; yet, the research on this topic is …

The Second Edition of Teaching Music to Students with Special Needs offers updated
accounts of music educators' experiences, featured as vignettes throughout the book. An …