This article focuses on the ways the authors incorporate a transformational resistance framework in their ninth-grade ethnic studies curriculum. While literature on transformational resistance often highlights external forms of resistance, there is a need to examine the internal transformation youth experience when engaging in resistance. The…

Describes household visits by teachers to identify and document the knowledge that exists in students' homes and that can be used to aid in teaching. The article summarizes the teachers' insights, gained from their research, in teacher development and teacher relationships with families, and it redefines households as important social and…

Analyzes the moment-to-moment interaction between one marginalized Latina student and her teacher to illustrate how schooling practice can marginalize the linguistic, social, and cultural capital of a diverse student population. It argues that monologic, monocultural, and monolithic instruction paralyzes both students and teachers, limiting the…