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McGinnis, Theresa – Voices from the Middle, 2007
McGinnis draws on the idea of engaged learning as critical and illustrates how school literacy practices do not provide urban Khmer youth (and by extension, other groups whose backgrounds are linguistically or socioculturally distinct) with deep levels of engagement in literacy activities. By looking at the types of writing experiences these youth…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Literacy, Urban Schools, Middle School Students