Other kinds of families : embracing diversity in schools /
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| Imprint: | New York : Teachers College Press, c2008. |
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| Description: | viii, 204 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6825301 |
Table of Contents:
- pt. 1. Diverse families : narratives of experience. Hegemonies and "transgressions" of family : tales of pride and prejudice / Elizabeth Heilman
- Immigrant families and schools : the need for a better relationship / A. Y. "Fred" Ramirez
- From the principal's desk : making the school environment more inclusive / Teresa J. Rishel
- A welcoming tone in the classroom : developing the potential of diverse students and their families / Lisa Rieger
- Wards of wisdom : foster youth on a path toward postsecondary education / Ilyana Marks
- pt. 2. Representations of family in school culture and curriculum. Evolving images : crafting family lives in colonial Pennsylvania / Monica Miller Marsh
- Doing the difficult : schools and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, and queer families / Janice Kroeger
- What makes a family? : representations of adoption in children's literature / Leslie Colabucci and Matthew D. Conley
- Emerging faces of homelessness : young children, their families, and schooling / Tracy Thoennes
- From textbooks to the teachers' lounge : the many curricula of family in schools / Tammy Turner-Vorbeck.