Learning Along the Way: Novice Teachers’ Reflections on Developing Critical Race Praxis in Urban Schools

Where Joy, Justice, and Black Language Meet: (Re)Claiming Foundational Literacy Instruction as a Site for Transformative Possibilities

Phonemic awareness is a critical component of foundational literacy instruction, yet its implementation often reflects white monolingual norms and reinforces anti‐Blackness. Illustrated through a classroom vignette, this article highlights how phonemic awareness tasks can misidentify Black Language as error. Grounded...

Preparation and Practice: Examining Pre-Service Teachers’ Negotiated Experiences Facilitating Students’ Knowledge and Academic Development

There remains an urgent call for teacher educators to prepare prospective teachers in ways that lead to the use of equity pedagogies in mathematics classrooms. This investigation used a qualitative methodology to analyze interviews with pre-service secondary mathematics teachers using Hernandez, Shroyer, and Morales's...

“I Used Rainbow Colors Because She Was Gay”: A Critical Multiliteracies Curriculum in Elementary School

In response to increasing efforts to mandate scripted literacy curriculum and legislative overreach in banning books from school classrooms, this study examines the implementation of a critical multiliteracies curriculum as a form of pedagogical resistance. Using qualitative and quantitative data, this work documents h...

Digital Stories for Teacher Education: Bhutanese Educators’ Responses to Stories of Bullying and Discrimination

This study, centering on Bhutanese educators and preservice teachers, explores how digital stories as an arts-based approach can inform culturally responsive teacher education on bullying and discrimination. We examined responses from 56 educators and preservice teachers in Bhutan to three arts-based works. Analysis of...

“Not Just Boring Adult Stuff” Issue-Based and Critical Pedagogies for Civic and Political Learning in Welsh Primary Classrooms

Teaching as Justice

This inspiring book showcases real-life stories from urban educators who have embraced a critical service-learning framework to transform their classrooms into engines of social change. Through powerful narratives, it illustrates how teachers foster student voice, sharpen critical thinking, and build deep connections b...