The book suggests that culturally responsive and sustaining education
should be the guiding principle in our schools, and that community
partnerships be developed in a similar light. Although many of the
chapters focus on specific content or places, a transdisciplinary
problem and project-based experiential critical pedagogy is an ultimate
goal. This necessitates developing awareness, advocacy and action /
engagement regarding issues of race, ethnicity, gender, ability, choice,
and culture to promote equity and social justice.
The stories included in this collection are those of educators in a
variety of contexts, but always through a public education framing. The
stories come from educators at all levels of public education who are
currently practicing in one of the most diverse urban areas of the U.S.
Their experiences serve to provide hope for transformational change in
education where the priority is truly equity and social justice for all.
The idea is to provide voices of these brave educators who are striving
to address equity and social justice issues is schools, education, and
society - on their teaching and in the students' learning.