Table of Contents

Foreword to the New Edition vii

Preface xv

The Author xxi

1 A Dream Deferred 1

2 Does Culture Matter? 17

3 Seeing Color, Seeing Culture 33

4 We Are Family 59

5 The Tree of Knowledge 85

6 Culturally Relevant Teaching 111

7 Making Dreams into Reality 139

Afterword 157

Appendix A: Methodology 179

Appendix B: Context 193

Notes 203

Index 217

Discussion Questions 221

About the Author

Gloria Ladson-Billings is the Kellner Family Chair in Urban Education and Professor of Curriculum and Instruction and Educational Policy Studies at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Previously, she served on the faculty of Santa Clara University and worked as a teacher and consultant in the Phila-delphia public school system. She is the former president of the American Educational Research Association, and was elected to the National Academy of Education. Dr. Ladson-Billings is the author and editor of numerous articles and books, including The Dreamkeepers, Crossing Over to Canaan, and Beyond the Big House.

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