These interviews with Black students, White and Black teachers, educational experts and school administrators poignantly bring to life the issues, strategies and competencies that teachers need to engage with-if they are to create the conditions that will enable their students of color to succeed and excel.
Provides an insightful approach to inclusive and equitable teaching and illustrate its transformative power to bring about success. It encourages reflection and self-examination and calls for an understanding of how students can achieve. It also demonstrates what is involved in terms of recognizing biases, confronting institutional racism, surmounting stereotyping, adopting culturally relevant teaching, connecting with parents and the community, and integrating diversity.