NEW & IMPORTANT BOOKS TO HELP WITH ERADICATING INEQUITIES IN EDUCATION!!

We're midway through the summer break for most educators and families. I hope by now, you've had some time for a break, vacation or will be going soon.  If you have more time for summer reading, please consider one of the books below.

These books have been selected because they will help as you reflect on what more you can do to contribute to making a difference for young people in our schools today and thus, change the course of their life chances and success for tomorrow.  I believe that these books should be on every educational advocate's reading list.

If you have read any of these books, you are among our nation's more progressive educators, parents, community leaders, political leaders who are truly interested in shaping schools across the nation to more fairly and equitably serve the needs of ALL learners.  (If you have not, you can access each of them by clicking the links below).

 

The ten (10) books listed here are just a few of the many critical readings that will help you in your efforts to create more effective and culturally responsive classroom conditions in schools everywhere, bring out the best in our children so that more and more of them can reach their highest potential, and help school leaders engage in very important conversations that will challenge the failures of schools in the past while creating new paradigms for successful schools in the future.

Your feedback and additions to this list are welcome! 

 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

Bright, Talented & Black: A Guide for Families of African American Gifted Learners. By J.L. Davis

http://www.amazon.com/Bright-Talented-Black-Families-American/dp/1935067028/ref=sr_1_cc_1?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1373845305&sr=1-1-catcorr&keywords=Bright%2C+Talented+%26+Black

 

 

Critical Race Theory: An Introduction, 2nd Edition. By R. Delgado & J. Stefancic

http://www.amazon.com/Critical-Race-Theory-Introduction-University/dp/0814721354/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1373846664&sr=1-1&keywords=Critical+Race+Theory

 

Helping Hispanic Students Succeed. By P. Quinn

http://www.amazon.com/Helping-Hispanic-Students-Succeed-Quinn/dp/0983851611/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1373847470&sr=1-4&keywords=Hispanic+students

 

 

High Schools, Race & America's Future: What Students can teach us about Morality, Diversity & Community. By  L. Blum

http://www.amazon.com/High-Schools-Race-Americas-Future/dp/1612504655/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1373844677&sr=1-1&keywords=High+Schools%2C+Race+%26+America

 

 

Implementing RtI With Gifted Students: Service Models, Trends & Issues. By M.R. Coleman & S.K. Johnsen, Eds. 

http://www.amazon.com/Implementing-RtI-Gifted-Students-Service/dp/1593639503/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1373847987&sr=1-2&keywords=RtI+Johnsen+%26+Coleman

 

Multiplication is for White People: Raising Expectations for Other People's Children. By L. Delpit

http://www.amazon.com/Multiplication-White-People-Expectations-Children/dp/1595588981/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1373846803&sr=1-1&keywords=Lisa+Delpit

 

 

Recruiting & Retaining Culturally Different students in Gifted Education. By D.Y. Ford

http://www.amazon.com/Recruiting-Retaining-Culturally-Different-Education/dp/1618210491/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1373844770&sr=1-5&keywords=Donna+Y+Ford

 

 

Special Populations in Gifted Education: Understanding our most Able Students from Diverse Backgrounds. By J. A. Castellano & A.D. Frazier

http://www.amazon.com/Special-Populations-Gifted-Education-Castellano/dp/159363417X

 

 

The Young, Triumphant & Black: Stories of Life & Liberation by Talented Black Students. By T. C. Grantham, M.F.T. Scott, & D. A. Harmon

http://www.amazon.com/dp/1618210297/ref=rdr_ext_tmb#reader_1618210297

 

 

Ungifted: Intelligence Redefined. The Truth about Talent, Practice, Creativity and the many Paths to Greatness. By S.B. Kaufman

http://www.amazon.com/Ungifted-Intelligence-Scott-Barry-Kaufman/dp/0465025544/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1373846971&sr=1-2&keywords=Ungifted