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NEWWhy WeTeachEdited bySonia Nieto“These piecesreveal thepassion andhope that keeppeople in theclassroom.”—Rethinking Schools“Demonstrates exactly why there ishope for our public schools.”—VOYA“Rich with insight into the professionallives of teachers.”—The Women’s Times“Highly recommended.” —Choice“Wonderful teachers all over thenation will rejoice in this inspiringand, ultimately, hopeful book.”—Jonathan Kozol, authorSavage InequalitiesShare your own teaching story atwww.whyweteach.com2005 / 256 pp. / PB, $21.95 / 4593-9Holler If You Hear MeThe Education of a Teacher and His StudentsSecond EditionGregory MichieForewords by Luis J. Rodriguez and Sandra CisnerosThis is the updated 10th Anniversary Edition ofMichie’s moving memoir of teaching on Chicago’sSouth Side. While the popular notion of what it’slike to teach in city schools is dominated by horrorstories and hero tales, Michie and his students reside somewherein between these extremes—“between the miracles and the metaldetectors.” This edition includes a new foreword by Luis J. Rodriguez, anew introduction and a new afterword, as well as updates on Michie’sstudents.2009 / 256 pp. / PB, $19.95 / 4958-6 Teaching for Social Justice Series2009 AERA Division B Curriculum Studies Outstanding Book Award • 2008 AESA’sCritics’ Choice Award • 2008 ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year in Education Finalist• Author received 2008 AERA Narrative and Research SIG Early Career Award and 2008AERA Critical Issues in Curriculum and Cultural Studies SIG Early Career AwardSpectacular Things Happen Along the WayLessons from an Urban ClassroomBrian D. SchultzForeword by Carl A. Grant“Engaging and important.” —The Huffington Post“A compelling narrative of multicultural uplift thatprospective teachers will embrace.”—Educational Studies“The real story in this book is how a teacher evolves inhis thinking about his students and their curriculum, and for this rare giftreaders will be grateful.” —Education Review“Inspirational.”—Multicultural ReviewThe text examines a year-long, social justice curriculum with 5th-gradestudents, including descriptions of events, activities, and studentNewEditionNEWBestSellerinteractions.2008 / 192 pp. / PB, $20.95 / 4857-2 / HC, $45 / 4858-9Teaching for Social Justice SeriesNewEditionNEWAuthor Received 2008 AERA Division K Legacy Award • 2008 AERA Social Justice inEducation Award • 2005 NCTE Outstanding Educator in the English Language ArtsBestSellerWhat KeepsTeachersGoing?Sonia Nieto“Readers willfind reality andinspiration inthese pages.”—TeachingTolerance“An eloquent gem of a book.”—Teachers College Record“Casts life jackets to teachers whomay be foundering.”—Daily Hampshire Gazette2003 / 176 pp. / PB, $21.95 / 4311-9HC, $50 / 4312-6The Light in Their EyesCreating Multicultural LearningCommunitiesSonia NietoSee page 35 for descriptionBestSeller2006 Outstanding Book Award—AERA Narrative and Research SIGSee You WhenWe Get ThereTeaching for Change inUrban SchoolsGregory MichieForeword by Gloria Ladson-Billings“This outstanding work should be readby every preservice, new, and veteranteacher.” —Multicultural Review“Persuasively depicts the power ofteachers’ believing ‘in the promiseand possibility of their students’.”—Kappa Delta Pi RecordFeatures portraits of five youngteachers who are “working forchange.”2005 / 224 pp. / PB, $21.95 / 4519-9The Teaching for Social Justice Series“Why Fly That Way?”Linking Community andAcademic AchievementKathy GreeleyForeword by Deborah Meier“With humility, insight, and humor,Kathy Greeley tells us the story of ayear in class with her lively kids andthereby shows us a way of learningand a kind of schooling that allAmerican children deserve.”—Theodore R. Sizer,Coalition of Essential Schools2000 / 160 pp. / PB, $21.95 / 3980-8Teaching the Personaland the PoliticalEssays on Hope and JusticeWilliam AyersCovering a range of issues—standards, equity, testing, professionalism—theseessays show usteaching as an achingly personalcalling, and ultimately as a socialand a political act.2004 / 176 pp. / PB, $22.95 / 4460-4The Teaching for Social Justice SeriesTo Become a TeacherMaking a Difference inChildren’s LivesEdited by William AyersForeword by Jonathan KozolNewEditionNEWBestSeller“The perspectives and advice in Ayers’sbook will extend and challenge thinkingabout the work of teaching, thelarger contexts in which teachingoccurs, and the roles of teachers ineducational change.”—Educational Theory“Offers positive and compassionateinsight on diverse aspects of teaching.”—Young Children1995 / 264 pp. / PB, $21.95 / 3455-1Other Books by William Ayers:See Author IndexA Pig Don’t Get Fatterthe More You Weigh ItClassroom Assessments that WorkEdited by Phyllis Jones, Judy F. Carr,and Rosemarie L. AtayaThis sensible book explains howwell-constructed assessmentsprovide data that is essential to thedevelopment of learning opportunitiesfor all students.Contributors: RosemarieL. Ataya • Judy F. Carr • JaniceS. Eitelgeorge • Janice Fauske •Stephen Graves • Phyllis Jones •Karen Kent • Elizabeth Larkin •Sharon Miller Keller • Weimin Mo •Stephen Rushton • Susan Sheffield• Anne Marie Juola-Rushton • G.Pat Wilson2007 / 160 pp. / PB, $23.95 / 4754-4HC, $56 / 4755-1Thriving in theMulticultural ClassroomPrinciples and Practices forEffective TeachingMary DilgForeword by Vivian Gussin PaleyFocusing on the special needs ofadolescents, Dilg recommendsways of thinking about curriculumand pedagogy that will enable bothteachers and students to thrive inthe multicultural classroom.2003 / 240 pp. / PB, $26.95 / 4389-8HC, $52 / 4390-4Multicultural Education Series2004 AESA Critics’ Choice AwardWalking the RoadRace, Diversity, andSocial Justice in Teacher EducationMarilyn Cochran-SmithForeword by Jacqueline JordanIrvine“An important contribution to teachereducationliterature.”—Harvard Educational Review“Meaningful and insightful...readerswill come away armed with tools fortheir own journey.”—Teachers College Record2004 / 224 pp. / PB, $27.95 / 4433-8HC, $54 / 4434-5Multicultural Education SeriesAt the Heart of TeachingA Guide to Reflective PracticeGrace Hall McEntee, Jon Appleby,JoAnne Dowd, Jan Grant, SimonHole, and Peggy Silva, with JosephW. CheckForeword by Mike Rose“Educators wishing to expand theirrepertoire of reflective tools will findmuch of value throughout the text.”—VOYA2003 / 144 pp. / PB, $21.95 / 4348-5HC, $44 / 4349-2the series on school reform40For full book descriptions, visit www.tcpress.com