Most people avoid discussion of race-related topics because of the strong emotions and feelings of discomfort that inevitably accompany such conversations. Rather than endure the conflict of racial realities, many people choose instead to avoid the topic altogether, or remain silent when it is raised. Race Talk and the Conspiracy of Silence: Understanding and Facilitating Difficult

A timely collection of advice and strategies for creating a just classroom from educators across the country, handpicked by MacArthur "genius" and bestselling author Lisa Delpit

"A favorite education book of the year." —Greater Good magazine

Is it okay to discuss politics in class? What are constructive ways to help young people process the daily news coverage of sexual assault? How can educators

In this forceful manifesto Professor E. D. Hirsch, Jr., argues that children in the United States are being deprived of the basic knowledge that would enable them to function in contemporary society. They lack cultural literacy: a grasp of background information that writers and speakers assume their audience already has. Thus even if a student has a basic competence in the English language, he or she has little chance of entering the American

Every year, hundreds of thousands of young people pack their bags to study or volunteer abroad. Well-intentioned and curious Westerners—brought up to believe that international travel broadens our horizons—travel to low-income countries to learn about people and cultures different from their own. But while travel abroad can provide much-needed perspective, it can also be deeply unsettling, confusing, and discomforting. Travelers can

Ce livre offre un itinéraire captivant à travers l'apprentissage de l'hébreu, alliant la rigueur scientifique à des méthodes pratiques. Découvrez les mystères de l'alphabet hébreu avec des origines symboliques dévoilées, plongez dans la maîtrise des structures grammaticales et explorez un vocabulaire essentiel. Les dialogues, les expressions idiomatiques et les jeux de

Este libro está pensado para todos los estudiantes que quieren realmente hablar en español. La estrategia del sentido común se explica en el primer capítulo, pero la idea central es que tenemos que leer, comprender, escribir y hablar. No es suficiente si estudiamos solo gramática y vocabulario. Debemos usar la lengua. Ese es el objetivo de este libro: ayudar a todos los estudiantes a eliminar