Introduction : Can we blame the teachers? -- Community context : change is in the air -- Contradictory discourse among teachers, administration, and the state : "let's have a more inclusive school culture, which assimilates all students: -- Teachers' discursive realignment -- Language ideologies at Cherry High School -- Teachers as agents of school change -- Secondary education and english learners : we've got work to do -- Epilogue : Cherry High School now
Summary
This book follows a group of teachers who worked to create a program that supported their students' native languages and funds of knowledge, finding that structures within the school and discourses from other teachers, administrators, and the nation/community both constrained/enabled the teachers to create an equitable learning environment
