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Huber, Lindsay Pérez, Ed.; Muñoz, Susana M., Ed. – Teachers College Press, 2021
This book examines how racist political rhetoric has created damaging and dangerous conditions for Students of Color in schools and higher education institutions throughout the United States. The authors show how the election of the 45th president has resulted in a defining moment in U.S. history where racist discourses, reinforced by ideologies…
Descriptors: Racial Bias, Political Issues, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education
Gorlewski, Julie A., Ed.; Gorlewski, David A., Ed.; Hopkins, Jed, Ed.; Porfilio, Brad J., Ed. – Peter Lang Publishing Group, 2014
In our work as educators, we all aspire to be effective. We also aspire to be wise. If teachers are to represent and advocate for education, we must become the stewards of a discourse that nurtures education's possibilities. This book explores how teacher dispositions are defined, developed, cultivated, and assessed. The authors in the volume…
Descriptors: Postmodernism, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Behavior, Teacher Effectiveness
Ivery, Curtis, Ed.; Bassett, Joshua, Ed. – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2011
Over 40 years ago the historic Kerner Commission Report declared that America was undergoing an urban crisis whose effects were disproportionately felt by underclass populations. In "America's Urban Crisis and the Advent of Color-blind Politics", Curtis Ivery and Joshua Bassett explore the persistence of this crisis today, despite public…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Civil Rights, Democracy, Correctional Institutions
Anglin, Leo W., Ed.; Patton, William E., Ed. – 1979
To help educators and community members design and conduct community council elections, this book describes six successful election projects conducted in midwestern communities in response to federal Teacher Corps regulations. The projects exhibit a variety of approaches and were conducted in varied settings with limited resources. The first…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Citizens Councils, College School Cooperation, Elections
Guarneri; Carl, Ed.; Davis, James, Ed. – M.E. Sharpe Inc, 2008
This comprehensive resource is an invaluable aid for adding a global dimension to students' understanding of American history. It includes a wide range of materials from scholarly articles and reports to original syllabi and ready-to-use lesson plans to guide teachers in enlarging the frame of introductory American history courses to an…
Descriptors: World History, United States History, Courses, Race
Piche, Dianne M., Ed.; Taylor, William L., Ed.; Reed, Robin A., Ed. – 2002
This volume chronicles the progress of the administration, executive branch agencies, and Congress in ending discrimination and advancing civil rights. The study has 21 chapters in 2 parts. Part one includes: (1) "Rights at Risk"; and (2) "Recommendations of the Commission." Part two includes a series of working papers prepared…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Civil Rights, Diversity (Student), Educational Policy