“Howard’s text helps readers, particularly those relatively new to the study of race and education, make sense of the genesis and doggedness of these racial disparities as well as the necessity of understanding these trends. He also offers solutions in the form of steps educators can take toward becoming racially aware and culturally competent. While Howard envisions teachers as his audience, we suggest that Why Race holds value for readers beyond the classroom and even beyond education. A general audience may find the text helpful in identifying how other seemingly race-neutral events inequitably affect people of color, how a presumably colorblind global pandemic, for instance, can nonetheless affect communities of color in decidedly unequal ways.”
—Teachers College Record
“If you thought the first edition of Why Race and Culture Matter in Schools was impactful, this second edition is even more of a force to be reckoned with in the fight for social justice. Drawing from his robust research insights and deep structural analyses, Howard has produced a book that will truly transform curriculum, pedagogical, relational, and assessment practices of educators committed to improving the learning and development trajectories of young people. By pushing the boundaries of the ordinary and the normative, this book teaches as it transforms. Every educator, pre-service and inservice, working with racially, linguistically, and culturally diverse young people should read this book.”
—H. Richard Milner IV, Cornelius Vanderbilt Distinguished Professor of Education, Vanderbilt University
“In 2010, Tyrone Howard gifted the field of education with Why Race and Culture Matter in Schools. On the 10th anniversary of this groundbreaking book, he not only reminds me of the salient role that race and culture play in education, but also moves beyond a Black-White binary that reflect the nuances and contours of diversity. This book should be in the hands of all teachers and teacher educators.”
—Maisha T. Winn, Chancellor’s Leadership Professor, School of Education, University of California, Davis
PRAISE FOR THE FIRST EDITION!
"The reader is left with a feeling of urgent, personal, moral responsibility to participate in the cause. Why Race and Culture Matter in Schools gives educators at all levels an excellent primer of the achievement gap, its causes, and remedies."
—International Journal of Multicultural Education
"A solid resource for those interested in thinking about the importance of race and culture in schools in more sophisticated ways…It squarely addresses the under-theorization of race as a factor in the analysis of students' school performance, moving the field forward appreciably."
—Language Arts
"Howard has produced a book that sheds light into abating the achievement gap in education by incrorporating important prior literature and silent theories that can be implemented to further enhance educational outcomes of all students."
—The Journal of Negro Education
“This book is at times disheartening and at other times inspiring; sometimes anguishing but always enlightening.”
—From the Foreword by Geneva Gay, University of Washington–Seattle
“Tyrone Howard provides a multi-dimensional and textured look at why students of color continue to struggle in the nation's schools. However, he does not stop there. This book points toward the solutions we have been seeking—partnerships, principles, and persistence.”
—Gloria Ladson-Billings, University of Wisconsin–Madison
