Series Foreword / James A. Banks
Socioeconomic status and school performance
Moving away from the black-white dichotomy
Achievement gap: Contextualizing the problem
Documenting the achievement gap
Documenting the discrepancies
Retention, suspensions, and expulsions
School drop-out and graduation rates
Access to gifted and AP courses
Demographic shifts by geographic region and age
U.S. schools and changing demographics
Are teachers being prepared to teach in diverse settings?
Multicultural education for school reform
Culture, race, and ethnicity
The complexity of culture
Cultural repertoires of practice
Normalizing culture in everyday practice
Culturally responsive pedagogy
Seeking clarity in culture and pedagogy
Empirical and conceptual work on culturally responsive pedagogy
The importance of pedagogy
Programs with culturally responsive teaching
The role of race in learning
Race and education in the United States
Critical race theory: A framework for examining race and achievement
Empirical works examining race
Granting voice to those who rarely are heard
Internalized racism: Educators of color and acts of exclusion
Racial frames of reference
Developing cultural competence and racial awareness in classroom teachers
Critical self-reflection on race and culture
Race, culture, and the adaptive unconsciousness
A case study of critical reflecting: teaching teachers to reflect on race
Examples of school success for culturally diverse students
Stories of school success
Effective instructional practices
Intensive academic intervention
Explicit acknowledgement of race
Parental and community engagement
