{"product_id":"other-peoples-children-cultural-conflict-in-the-classroom-9781595580740","title":"Other People's Children: Cultural Conflict in the Classroom","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe classic, groundbreaking analysis of the role of race in the classroom and a guide for teaching across difference, from the MacArthur award-winning educator \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Phenomenal. . . . [This book] overcomes fear and speaks of truths, truths that otherwise have no voice.\" -\u003cem\u003eSan Francisco Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this groundbreaking, radical analysis of contemporary classrooms, MacArthur award-winning author Lisa Delpit develops the theory that teachers must be effective \"cultural transmitters\" in the classroom, where prejudice, stereotypes, and assumptions often breed ineffective education. Delpit suggests that many academic problems attributed to children of color are actually the result of miscommunication, as primarily white teachers educate \"other people's children\" and perpetuate the imbalanced power dynamics that plague our system.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow a classic of educational thought and a must-read for teachers, administrators, and parents striving to improve the quality of America's education system, \u003ci\u003eOther People's Children\u003c\/i\u003e has sold over 250,000 copies since its original publication. Winner of an American Educational Studies Association Critics' Choice Award and \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e magazine's Outstanding Academic Book Award, this anniversary edition features a new introduction by Delpit as well as important framing essays by Herbert Kohl and Charles Payne.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMacArthur Award winner \u003cb\u003eLisa Delpit\u003c\/b\u003e is the retired Felton G. Clark Professor of Education at Southern University. The author of the bestselling \u003cem\u003eOther People's Children\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003e \"Multiplication Is for White People,\"\u003c\/em\u003e co-editor (with Joanne Kilgour Dowdy) of \u003cem\u003eThe Skin That We Speak\u003c\/em\u003e, co-editor (with Theresa Perry) of \u003cem\u003eThe Real Ebonics Debate\u003c\/em\u003e, editor of \u003cem\u003eTeaching When the World Is on Fire\u003c\/em\u003e, and co-author (with Christopher Emdin) of \u003cem\u003eThe Sacred Art of Teaching\u003c\/em\u003e (all published by The New Press), she lives in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"New Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50629283447058,"sku":"9781595580740","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_127ab2ea-e2b5-4cfe-a898-8abaa82af989.jpg?v=1774962725","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/other-peoples-children-cultural-conflict-in-the-classroom-9781595580740","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}