Cross-currents in language policies and pedagogical practices / Jerrie Cobb Scott, Dolores Y. Straker, and Laurie Katz Perspectives on language policies and pedagogical practices. Interview 1. Issues in global and local language policies / Joel Spring ; Interview 2. An insider's view of African American language policies and pedagogies / Geneva Smitherman ; Interview 3. The law of language in the United States / Christina M. Rodriguez ; Interview 4. What teachers need to know to educate English language learners / Mary Carol Combs The hidden linguistic legacies of Brown v. Board and No Child Left Behind / John Baugh and Aaron Welborn Portraits, counterportraits, and the lives of children : language, culture, and possibilities / Rick Meyer Restore my language and treat me justly : indigenous students' rights to their tribal languages / Dorothy Aguilera and Margaret D. LeCompte Power, politics, and pedagogies : re-imagining students' right to their own language through democratic engagement / Valerie Kinloch Exploring attitudes toward language differences : implications for teacher education programs / Laurie Katz, Jerrie Cobb Scott, and Xenia Hadjioannou Positionality : using self-discovery to enhance pre-service teachers' understanding of language differences / Nancy Rankie Shelton Beyond the silence : instructional approaches and students' attitudes / David E. Kirkland and Austin Jackson "We have our own language as well as the languages we bring" : constructing opportunities for learning through a language of the classroom / Beth V. Yeager and Judith L. Green "Taylor cat is black" : code-switch to add standard English to students' linguistic repertoires / Rebecca S. Wheeler There's no "1" way to tell a story / Laurie Katz and Tempii Champion Culturally responsive read-alouds in first grade : drawing upon children's languages and cultures to facilitate literary and social understandings / Jeane Copenhaver-Johnson, Joy Bowman, and Angela Johnson Rietschlin
Developing culturally responsive teacher practitioners through multicultural literature / Tamara L. Jetton, Emma Savage-Davis, and Marianne Baker
Educating the whole child : English language learners in a middle school / Mari Haneda
New Chinese immigrant students' literacy development : from heritage language to bilingualism / Danling Fu
High stakes testing and the social languages of literature and literate achievement in urban classrooms / Dorothea Anagnostopoulos
Possibilities for non-standard dialects in American classrooms : lessons from a Greek Cypriot class / Xenia Hadjioannou
The writing on the wall : graffiti and other community school practices in Brazil / Ana Christina Dasilva Iddings
The social construction of literacy in a Mexican community : coming soon to your school? / Patrick H. Smith, Luz A. Murillo, and Robert T. Jiménez
Multilingualism in classrooms : the paritetic school system of the Ladin Valleys in South Tyrol (Italy) / Gerda Videsott
Educational policies and practices in post-apartheid South Africa : the case for indigenous African languages / Nkonko M. Kamwangamalu
Meaningful early literacy learning experiences : lessons from South Africa / Carole Bloch
India's multilingualism : paradigm and paradox / Zarina Manawwar Hock
Afterword: Reflections on language policies and pedagogical practices / Jacqueline Jones Royster, Jerrie Cobb Scott, and Dolores Y. Straker.