ch. 1. Social equity literacy teaching matters
Social equity literacy teaching : what teachers need
Teachers- a major factor in literacy achievement
Seeing the responsibility to teach
Empowering disempowered teachers
Using this book to guide social equity literacy teaching
ch. 2. Different doesn't mean deficit
Poverty : statistics don't tell the whole story
The nuances of how poverty and literacy relate
What race and racism have to do with it
Rethinking racism : Brown v. Board of Education
Response to disenfrachisement
Offsetting negative conditions
ch. 3. Beyond heroes and holidays : the complexity and relevance of culture
The complexity and relevance of culture
Understanding how culture is reflected in school addressing culture makes a difference
ch. 4. Variation is normal : recognizing many literacies and langagues
Standaradized forms of English
ch. 5. From spirituals to hip-hop : teaching in the third space
Making connections with students in third space
Conditions that foster learning
Exploring third-space teaching through African American churches
Implementing components of third-space teaching
Using unofficial literacies to inform classroom instruction
ch. 6. Students taking action : critical approaches to teaching
Using literacy as an instrument for social change
Critical pedagogy aligns with culturally relevant teaching
Using critical literacy to read and interpret texts
Becoming critical isn't easy
Complicating students' understandings about power and race
ch. 7. Transforming teachers
Teachers have biases, but they can change
Exploring racial identity
Racial identity development and literacy teaching
Examining privilege and subordination
Accessing school-valued discourses.
