Description:
In Cultivating Identity-Affirming Literacies and Relationships in Schools, Chantal Francois and Jen McLaughlin Cahill combine their teaching, leadership, and research at Pearl Street Collaborative School in New York City to provide an intimate portrayal of what it means to strive toward a humanizing literacy pedagogy.
Review Quotes:
"Identity-Affirming Literacies in Schools presents an innovative vision for literacy education. Highlighting a school community's efforts to reimagine reading instruction and affirm diverse identities, this book offers a guide for creating inclusive, intellectual, joyful, and empowering literacy learning environments."
Gholdy Muhammad, Ph.D., Professor, Curriculum and Instruction, University Illinois Chicago College of Education; Bestselling Author, Cultivating Genius & Unearthing Joy
"This timely and important book is uniquely grounded in the authors' experiences engaging in practitioner inquiry. It documents the complexity and appeal of an innovative approach to educating youth. It both challenges traditional research paradigms and offers an unusually rich alternative framework for a collaborative culture that enables teachers and students to build curriculum together, around their deep engagement in texts that inform critical aspects of students' lives and identities."
Susan L. Lytle, Ph.D., Professor Emerita, University of Pennsylvania's Graduate School of Education