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education teacher and comrade featured title featured title teacher and comrade richard dudley and the fight for democracy in south africa alan wieder richard dudley and the fight for democracy in south africa alanwieder latino dropouts in rural america realities and possibilities a biographical/narrative study of oppression racism and resistance in twentiethcentury south africa through the life of richard dudley a teacher/politico latino dropouts in rural america realities and possibilities carolyn hondo mary e gardiner and yolanda sapien latino high school students in rural communities talk about dropping out of school carolyn hondo mary e gardiner and yolanda sapien eacher and comrade explores south african resistance in the twentieth century before and during apartheid through the life of richard dudley a teacher/politico who spent thirty-nine years in the classroom and his entire life fighting for democracy dudley has given his life to teaching and politics and touched and influenced many people who continue to work for democracy in south africa and abroad whether it was students comrades or opposition life was always teaching and relational for dudley he challenged power throughout the apartheid era and his foundational beliefs in anti-imperialism and nonracialism compel him to continue to talk teach and speak to power through dudley s story teacher and comrade provides a rare portrait of both cape town and south africa as well as the struggle against racism and apartheid this volume is incredibly relevant for american teachers and teacher unionists the struggles failures and triumphs of dudley and his comrades are instructive for american teachers and political activists wayne j urban author of black scholar horace mann bond 19041972 alan wieder is professor and chair of educational studies at the university of south carolina he is the author of voices from cape town classrooms oral histories of teachers who fought apartheid and race and education narrative essays oral histories and documentary photography march · 192 pp 14 b/w photographs $21.95 pb 978-0-7914-7430-3 $65.50 hc 978-0-7914-7429-7 t his book affords latino high school dropouts from rural communities in idaho the opportunity to tell their stories in their own words it candidly reveals students school experiences explores why students leave school and looks at the impact of the no child left behind act 2001 four of the nine students interviewed for the book passed nclb-mandated state graduation tests two others passed two of three sections and all were capable of achieving success in school the decision to leave school was connected with students seeking personal satisfaction and to reduce the social-psychological pain of schooling in certain cases principals and teachers blamed the latino students for disadvantaging the school latino dropouts in rural america presents a systematic approach for addressing the main problem a lack of cultural responsiveness in school curriculum instruction policies and practices the leadership plan recommended by the authors will help educators to understand the lives of rural latino youth and to critique their own schools this book gives voice in a most respectful and skilled manner to nine latino students who dropped out of school their dreams were shattered as they encountered educators and school systems that were unprepared at best or unwilling at worst to address their needs this book is invaluable for teachers and administrators who work with latino students gisela ernst-slavit washington state university carolyn hondo is principal of oakley elementary school in idaho mary e gardiner is professor of educational leadership at the university of idaho at boise and is the author of parent-school collaboration feminist organizational structures and school leadership and the coauthor with ernestine enomoto and margaret grogan of coloring outside the lines mentoring women into school leadership both also published by suny press yolanda sapien teaches english as a second language at burley high school in idaho march · 192 pp 2 tables 1 figure $21.95 pb 978-0-7914-7388-7 $65.50 hc 978-0-7914-7387-0 t 54 1-800-666-2211

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