Teachers Speak Up!: Stories of Courage, Resilience, and Hope in Difficult Times

The book "Teachers Speak Up!" presents a vision of education that prioritizes social justice and empowers teachers to create classrooms filled with hope and promise. It highlights the challenges faced by students, teachers, and marginalized populations and offers solutions based on the experiences of classroom teachers. The book features diverse chapter authors who share their visions for education and their successful practice teaching diverse students.

Format: Hardback
Length: 272 pages
Publication date: 26 April 2024
Publisher: Teachers' College Press

In recent years, we have seen significant political, racial, economic, and health-related disruptions in society, which have had a profound and negative impact on students, teachers, the education profession, and marginalized and vulnerable populations. Academics and policymakers have offered their perspectives on addressing today's complex issues, but teachers and other practitioners closest to students have not received the same level of visibility or access. This volume aims to address this gap by presenting a compelling picture of education today through the voices of K–12 classroom teachers. The book features essays written by a diverse group of teachers who share their visions for education and describe their empowering classroom practices. These essays range from hopeful and joyful to angry and frustrated, reflecting the challenges and opportunities that teachers face in their daily work. The book addresses the harm caused by universal school closures due to the pandemic, growing political divisions, the resurgence of racism, book bans, and other issues. It gives voice to classroom teachers who describe their vision for education and their successful practice teaching diverse students. The chapter authors are diverse in their identities, subject matter, and time in the profession, ensuring a wide range of perspectives and experiences. Overall, Teachers Speak Up! offers a bold vision of what education could be if teachers were to have a more direct influence on the purpose and aims of learning and teaching. It provides grounded accounts of creating classrooms filled with hope and promise amid the many challenges to everyday practice. It addresses the harm done by universal school closures due to the pandemic, growing political divisions, the ugly specter of racism, book bans, and more. It gives voice to classroom teachers who describe their vision for education, as well as their successful practice teaching diverse students. It includes chapter authors who are diverse in their identities, subject matter, and time in the profession, ensuring a wide range of perspectives and experiences.

Dimension: 235 x 162 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780807769539