"This straight-forward and reader-friendly text provides strategies for P-12 educators who are interested in ensuring the cultural and academic excellence of African American students. It presents a careful balance of published scholarship, a framework for culturally relevant teaching, and research-based cases of teachers who excel at teaching Black children. Examples from multi-ethnic teachers across P-12 grades and content areas (e. g. , ELA, science, mathematics, social studies, arts) are presented so that others can extrapolate and use in their respective educational settings. As with the previous edition, readers will appreciate a multitude of resources"--