Social Justice Instruction Empowerment on the Chalkboard
This resource offers instructors a full palette of strategies for teaching social justice concepts across subject areas from kindergarten through college. Dividing its content between elementary, adolescent, and adult learners, the book analyzes the class
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Social Justice Instruction
Rosemary Papa • Danielle M. Eadens Daniel W. Eadens Editors
Social Justice Instruction Empowerment on the Chalkboard
Editors Rosemary Papa Northern Arizona University Sedona, AZ, USA
Danielle M. Eadens College of Education Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, AZ, USA
Daniel W. Eadens Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, AZ, USA
ISBN 978-3-319-12348-6 ISBN 978-3-319-12349-3 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-12349-3
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Foreword
On a daily basis, students of color are suspended and expelled from school at a disproportionately higher level than white students. Students who speak a language other than English are placed in learning disabled classes while classroom textbooks reflect the deeply rooted historical inequities in our society. Recently, the news reported on a school where a high school chemistry teacher asked students to pay $20.00 to take the class. One student’s parents could not afford the fee, so the teacher wrote that student’s name on the board until she could pay. Every student who passed through that classroom would know why her name was on the board. Here, the students could be penalized for being poor. Across the country, educators implement rules and regulations that elevate finances over learning and restrict students’ right to an equal education if they cannot afford a particular class or activity, as is the case in many states. These practices and policies makes this book, Social Justice Instruction: Empowerment on the Chalkboard, invaluable reading for teachers and administrative leaders. Ideally, social justice exists when all people have th
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