Patricia Edwards

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Mark Garon's Holiday is the story of an uncommon entrepreneur who lives to find the big score. He wants to attain the good life and the life of his dreams. Whatever he does, whatever he plans, it seems like it always falls through. But he has hopes that it will happen for him, all he needs to do is to persevere. This time, all will materialize, when he takes that holiday and combines it with his other business hopes. Life is all about taking chances.

In this important book, award-winning author Stuart Greene enters the ongoing conversation about low-income African American families and their role in helping their children flourish. Greene focuses on parents’ self-defined roles within the context of race, urban development, and an economy that has created opportunity for some and displaced others. Moving beyond analysis to action, the author describes a partnering strategy to help educators understand the lived experiences of children and families and to use their funds of knowledge as resources for teaching. This book combines critical race theory, critical geography, first-hand accounts, and research on literacy practices at home to provide a powerful tool that will help teachers and administrators see families in new ways. Book features: describes a partnering model that encourages educators to consider the social, cultural, racial, and economic factors that shape parent engagement with schools, identifies important areas of misunderstanding between African American parents and their children's teachers, incorporates personal narratives of children whose voices are rarely part of research on parent involvement.

In this important book, award-winning author Stuart Greene enters the ongoing conversation about low-income African American families and their role in helping their children flourish. Greene focuses on parents’ self-defined roles within the context of race, urban development, and an economy that has created opportunity for some and displaced others. Moving beyond analysis to action, the author describes a partnering strategy to help educators understand the lived experiences of children and families and to use their funds of knowledge as resources for teaching. This book combines critical race theory, critical geography, first-hand accounts, and research on literacy practices at home to provide a powerful tool that will help teachers and administrators see families in new ways. Book features: describes a partnering model that encourages educators to consider the social, cultural, racial, and economic factors that shape parent engagement with schools, identifies important areas of misunderstanding between African American parents and their children's teachers, incorporates personal narratives of children whose voices are rarely part of research on parent involvement.

This readable book features K–12 teachers and teacher educators who report their experiences of culturally responsive literacy teaching in primarily high poverty, culturally non-dominant communities. These extraordinary teachers show us what culturally responsive literacy teaching looks like in their classrooms and how it advances children’s academic achievement. This collection captures different dimensions of culturally responsive (CR) practice, such as linking home and school, using culturally responsive literature, establishing relationships with children and parents, using cultural connections, and teaching English language learners and children who speak African American language. This engaging collection:Provides a window into what teachers actually do and think when they serve culturally diverse children, including classroom-tested teaching practices. Depicts teachers enacting CR teaching in the presence of scripted curricula and rigid testing schedules. Covers childhood, secondary, and higher education classrooms. Helps readers imagine how they can transform their own classrooms through “Make it in Your Classroom” sections at the end of each chapter. Includes a “Becoming a Culturally Responsive Teacher” self-evaluation form.