First Published in 1993. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

This text is a collection aimed at teachers in education who are working to multiculturalize the curriculum. She demonstrates how to use the speeches and writings of the controversial figure to promote critical literacy. The first portion of the book is primarlily for practitioners anxious to integrate Malcolm X into their curricula; latter chapters put the work into popular, political, religious, and feminist contexts. The final essay will be a resource for teachers interested in expanding their knowledge base and/or who are hungry for teaching materials.

In the winter of 1996, the Oakland school board's resolution recognizing Ebonics as a valid linguistic system generated a brief firestorm of hostile criticism and misinformation, then faded from public consciousness. But in the classrooms of America, the question of how to engage the distinctive language of many African-American children remains urgent. In The Real Ebonics Debate some of our most important educators, linguists, and writers, as well as teachers and students reporting from the field, examine the lessons of the Ebonics controversy and unravel the complex issues at the heart of...

In this important book, Norm Fruchter argues that our national failure to carry out the Brown mandate has produced segregated urban school systems that fail poor students of color. Drawing on a rich array of research and personal experience, he examines why urban districts have failed and what must be done to transform our city schools. He identifies urban districts as the key actors in this transformation and profiles three school districts that have achieved significant success in closing the achievement gap. He also identifies grassroots community organizing as a critical lever for...