Breaking the mold of education for culturally and linguistically diverse students : innovative and successful practices for the twenty-first century / [edited by] Andrea Honigsfeld and Audrey Cohan.

Includes bibliographical references.

Section I. Social justice and advocacy -- 1. Social justice leadership for Hispanic youth: addressing the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans / Azadeh F. Osanloo and Louis V. Reyes -- 2. Teachers' pet projects versus real social justice teaching / Nicholas Hartlep -- 3. Teaching for transformation: responsive program planning and professional development aimed at justice and equity in urban settings / Beth Powers-Costello ... [et al.] -- 4. Restorative justice: a model for meeting the needs of LBGTIQ youth / Paul Chamness Miller and Hidehiro Endo -- 5. Collaborative teaching and research for cultural congruence in New Zealand / Lindsey Conner -- 6. Diversity as strength: how higher-performing schools embrace diversity and thrive / Kristen Campbell Wilcox -- 7. From classroom to community: motivating preservice teachers in the art of teaching about social justice / Thomas A. Lucey and James D. Laney -- Section II. Family and community involvement -- 8. Full-service community schools: a district's commitment to educating the whole child / Diane W. Gómez ... [et al.] -- 9. Culturally and linguistically diverse students: tapping into the strengths of families / Christa Boske and Lillian Benavente-McEnery -- 10. We make the road by walking: the Family Leadership Initiative in Las Vegas, Nevada / Christine Clark ... [et al.] -- 11. Preparing Chinese immigrant parents of children with disabilities to become school partners / Lusa Lo -- 12. What if every day was American Indian Day? / Alison G. Reeves and Donna L. Braun -- 13. Languages and cultures crossing paths in frontier communities / Fernando Rodríguez-Valls -- 14. Innovations in mentoring: the many faces of Chosen to Achieve / Yvette L. Pye -- 15. Community-based pedagogies: projects and possibilities in Colombia and the United States / Judy Sharkey and Amparo Clavijo-Olarte -- Section III. Culturally responsive practices in classrooms, schools, and districts -- 16. Just don't quit on us: innovative strategies for motivating and engaging African American males at a single-gender middle school / Marlon James and Valerie Hill-Jackson -- 17. Scaling and sustaining cultural proficiency: the case of Wichita Public Schools / Delores B. Lindsey and Alan J. Daly -- 18. Expanding the voices of literacy / Sarah L. Cohen and Lisa Leoni -- 19. Considerations about bringing a deaf student into a community of learners in a mainstream classroom / Darah G. Odelson, Dana L. Grisham, and Thomas DeVere Wolsey -- 20. Integrating culture-based arts education across subject area boundaries / James W. Bequette and Jean E. Ness -- 21. Encouraging student legislators in the process of participatory democracy and social advocacy / Charles F. Howlett -- 22. Teaching our tongues: student-run language classes as a celebration of linguistic and cultural diversity in schools / Lori Langer de Ramirez -- 23. Seeing English language learners' perspectives on school: using photography to improve diverse students' writing self-efficacy and achievement / Megan Lynch ... [et al.] -- Section IV. Preservice and inservice teacher education for diversity -- 24. Teacher education that works: collaboration between TESOL and content-based education faculty to better prepare future teachers / Margo DelliCarpini ... [et al.] -- 25. Empowering diverse teachers for diverse learners: a program in international studies in education and its implications for diverse school settings / Hanna Ragnarsdóttir -- 26. Sophisticated sisters in Vegas: what happens with service-learning stays in multicultural teacher education / Kristen B. French ... [et al.] -- 27. A praxis-based experience in preparing critical bilingual teachers in the borderlands / Luis Huerta-Charles ... [et al.] -- 28. The challenges and rewards of reciprocal intercultural mentoring / Lynne Díaz-Rico and Julie Ciancio -- 29. From co-teaching partnership to mentoring: innovative ways to build teacher capacity / Vicky Giouroukakis, Maria G. Dove, and Andrea Honigsfeld -- 30. CLASSIC professional development for teachers of culturally and linguistically diverse students / Janet Penner-Williams ... [et al.] -- --

Section I. Social justice and advocacy -- 1. Social justice leadership for Hispanic youth: addressing the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans / Azadeh F. Osanloo, Louis V. Reyes -- 2. Teachers' pet projects versus real social justice teaching / Nicholas Hartlep -- 3. Teaching for transformation: responsive program planning and professional development aimed at justice and equity in urban settings / Beth Powers-Costello ... [et al.] -- 4. Restorative justice: a model for meeting the needs of LBGTIQ youth / Paul Chamness Miller, Hidehiro Endo -- 5. Collaborative teaching and research for cultural congruence in New Zealand / Lindsey Conner -- 6. Diversity as strength: how higher-performing schools embrace diversity and thrive / Kristen Campbell Wilcox -- 7. From classroom to community: motivating preservice teachers in the art of teaching about social justice / Thomas A. Lucey, James D. Laney -- Section II. Family and community involvement -- 8. Full-service community schools: a district's commitment to educating the whole child / Diane W. Gómez ... [et al.] -- 9. Culturally and linguistically diverse students: tapping into the strengths of families / Christa Boske, Lillian Benavente-McEnery -- 10. We make the road by walking: the Family Leadership Initiative in Las Vegas, Nevada / Christine Clark ... [et al.] -- 11. Preparing Chinese immigrant parents of children with disabilities to become school partners / Lusa Lo -- 12. What if every day was American Indian Day? / Alison G. Reeves, Donna L. Braun -- 13. Languages and cultures crossing paths in frontier communities / Fernando Rodríguez-Valls -- 14. Innovations in mentoring: the many faces of Chosen to Achieve / Yvette L. Pye -- 15. Community-based pedagogies: projects and possibilities in Colombia and the United States / Judy Sharkey, Amparo Clavijo-Olarte -- Section III. Culturally responsive practices in classrooms, schools, and districts -- 16. Just don't quit on us: innovative strategies for motivating and engaging African American males at a single-gender middle school / Marlon James, Valerie Hill-Jackson -- 17. Scaling and sustaining cultural proficiency: the case of Wichita Public Schools / Delores B. Lindsey, Alan J. Daly -- 18. Expanding the voices of literacy / Sarah L. Cohen, Lisa Leoni -- 19. Considerations about bringing a deaf student into a community of learners in a mainstream classroom / Darah G. Odelson, Dana L. Grisham, Thomas DeVere Wolsey -- 20. Integrating culture-based arts education across subject area boundaries / James W. Bequette, Jean E. Ness -- 21. Encouraging student legislators in the process of participatory democracy and social advocacy / Charles F. Howlett -- 22. Teaching our tongues: student-run language classes as a celebration of linguistic and cultural diversity in schools / Lori Langer de Ramirez -- 23. Seeing English language learners' perspectives on school: using photography to improve diverse students' writing self-efficacy and achievement / Megan Lynch ... [et al.] -- Section IV. Preservice and inservice teacher education for diversity -- 24. Teacher education that works: collaboration between TESOL and content-based education faculty to better prepare future teachers / Margo DelliCarpini ... [et al.] -- 25. Empowering diverse teachers for diverse learners: a program in international studies in education and its implications for diverse school settings / Hanna Ragnarsdóttir -- 26. Sophisticated sisters in Vegas: what happens with service-learning stays in multicultural teacher education / Kristen B. French ... [et al.] -- 27. A praxis-based experience in preparing critical bilingual teachers in the borderlands / Luis Huerta-Charles ... [et al.] -- 28. The challenges and rewards of reciprocal intercultural mentoring / Lynne Díaz-Rico, Julie Ciancio -- 29. From co-teaching partnership to mentoring: innovative ways to build teacher capacity / Vicky Giouroukakis, Maria G. Dove, Andrea Honigsfeld -- 30. CLASSIC professional development for teachers of culturally and linguistically diverse students / Janet Penner-Williams ... [et al.].

This book, the third in the Breaking the Mold series, was conceptualized with the hope that by sharing compelling stories of successful innovation, advocacy, and social justice, more children and their families will be affected in positive ways. The narratives presented in this volume are rooted in classrooms, districts, communities, teacher preparation programs from around the United States and many corners of the world. The unique initiatives portrayed here represent collaborative efforts by students, teachers, administrators, professors, parents, boards of education, and global citizens who believe in change and transformation for the betterment of education.

"This book, the third in the Breaking the Mold series, was conceptualized with the hope that by sharing compelling stories of successful innovation, advocacy, and social justice, more children and their families will be affected in positive ways. The narratives presented in this volume are rooted in classrooms, districts, communities, teacher preparation programs from around the United States and many corners of the world. The unique initiatives portrayed here represent collaborative efforts by students, teachers, administrators, professors, parents, boards of education, and global citizens who believe in change and transformation for the betterment of education"--Provided by publisher.

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