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A Report from the Multicultural Education Summit
convened by the San Francisco Unified School District by Susan
Sandler and the Justice Matters Institute Discipline Task
Force
Published 1999
This report follows up on the Reading the World: Redefining
Literature and History Curriculum Summit held in San Francisco
in September, 1998. The Summit brought together nationally
renowned multicultural scholars and activists such as historian
Ronald Takaki, education scholar Gloria Ladson-Billings, educator
Herb Kohl, Rethinking Schools editor Bob Peterson, children's
author Alma Flor Ada, and many more. These national figures
came together with students, teachers, and policy makers to
provide accurate information about multicultural education
and to discuss policy needs and directions.
Reading the World features:
- Documentation of the dynamic interchange of the Summit, capturing
the latest thinking of known scholars, as well as today's
teachers and youth;
- Policy recommendations for high-quality, widespread implementation
of multicultural curriculum;
- Selected article reprints and original papers providing an
overview of the field and tools for advocacy. Authors include
James A. Banks, Carl A. Grant, Herb Kohl, Gloria Ladson-Billings,
Sonia Nieto, Bob Peterson, Christine E. Sleeter, Ronald Takaki,
and more;
- Valuable resources for the multicultural education practitioner
(e.g., references to curriculum materials, websites, organizations,
etc.).
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