{"product_id":"teaching-for-equity-in-complex-times_9780807774908","title":"Teaching for Equity in Complex Times","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn schools serving high concentrations of bilingual learners, it can be especially challenging for teachers to maintain commitments to equity-minded instruction while meeting the demands of new educational policies, including national standards. This book details how one school integrated equity pedagogy into a standards-based curriculum and produced exemplary levels of achievement. As the authors illustrate, however, the school’s dual commitment to bilingual education and standards-based reform engendered numerous complex tensions. Specifically, the authors describe teachers’ attempts to balance demands for rigor and content coverage within their high-performing school and with their diverse student population. They identify specific tensions that emerged around the following issues:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe degree of academic struggle that is generative for student learning and the point at which such struggle becomes counterproductive \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe holding of high expectations for all learners and the provision of differentiated, student-centered learning experiences \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe CCSS emphasis on engaging students around more complex text and the contested determination of what constitutes complexity in text and in teaching\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe influence of high-stakes accountability on school norms and practices, including teachers’ interpretations and enactment of new national standards\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe performance pressures placed on teachers in today’s educational policy context\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis timely book illustrates what can happen when a school’s teachers embrace equity pedagogy while navigating policy-related pressures. It offers a cogent counternarrative to traditional accounts of standards-based reform, especially for emerging bilingual students.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jamy Stillman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43037237346406,"sku":"9780807774908","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0650\/4051\/5174\/files\/9780807774908.jpg?v=1771608299","url":"https:\/\/www.tcpress.com\/products\/teaching-for-equity-in-complex-times_9780807774908","provider":"Teachers College Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}