Foreword to the Third Edition viiPreface xiiiThe Author xixIntroduction xxi1 A Dream Deferred 12 Does Culture Matter? 173 Seeing Color, Seeing Culture 334 We Are Family 595 The Tree of Knowledge 856 Culturally Relevant Teaching 1117 Making Dreams into Reality 139Afterword 157Appendix A: Methodology 183Appendix B: Context 197Notes 207Index 223Discussion Questions 227
GLORIA LADSON-BILLINGS is the Kellner Family Distinguished Chair in Urban Education Emerita at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Previously, she worked as a teacher in the Philadelphia public school system. She has served as president of the American Educational Research Association and the National Academy of Education and is a Fellow of the British Academy, the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, and the American Educational Research Association.