Authentic Voices - 9781648025068

Authentic VoicesCulturally Responsive Teaching and Learning\nAuthor(s): Patricia Ruggiano Schmidt\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Emerald Publishing Inc, United States\nImprint: Information Age Publishing\nISBN-13: 9781648025068, 978-1648025068\nSynopsis\nThis book, authored by K-4 elementary educators, working at a publicly funded non-profit charter school, illustrates the power of culturally responsive teaching and learning as it becomes embedded in the New York State Education Curriculum. Educators, families, and community members contributed to this unique program with the goal of enhancing learning environments by applying the languages and cultures of their students in their classrooms.\n\nStrong, carefully attentive, school leadership encouraged culturally responsive teaching and learning with the belief that children in this urban, economically stressed area could demonstrate significant academic and social/emotional gains.\n\nReaders of this book will witness culturally respo.