{"product_id":"making-student-voices-matter-implementing-culturally-sustaining-literacy-practices-in-pre-k-12-classrooms-paperback","title":"Making Student Voices Matter: Implementing Culturally Sustaining Literacy Practices in Pre-K-12 Classrooms - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRachelle S. Savitz\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eJudy Paulick\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eOlivia Ann Williams\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book offers educators actionable models for creating responsive, affirming learning environments that cultivate student agency, joy, and commitment to social transformation.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese essays show how pre-K-12 educators enact \u003cb\u003eculturally sustaining literacy pedagogies\u003c\/b\u003e (CSLP)--drawing on students' cultural and linguistic knowledge to foster identity, critical consciousness, and academic skills. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEach chapter features a practitioner coauthor and highlights \u003cb\u003econcrete classroom strategies\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ethat challenge whiteness and center the experiences of communities of Color\u003c\/b\u003e. The authors also provide a practical discussion of how each teaching practice can be levelled across the grades, and what it might look like when used with different age groups. Topics range from family and community literacies to critical language practices and multimodal assessment. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith many user-friendly tools, \u003ci\u003eMaking Student Voices Matter\u003c\/i\u003e is a valuable resource \u003cb\u003efor inservice professional learning, teacher preparation programs, and equity-centered coaching\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eBook Features: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eBridges Critical Theory and Everyday Practice: \u003c\/b\u003eTheoretical concepts--such as critical consciousness, cultural humility, and reflexivity--are translated into concrete, classroom-tested practices.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eCenters Practitioner Voices and Lived Experience: \u003c\/b\u003eTeacher-authored chapters offer firsthand accounts of implementing CSLP in real-world school contexts.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eExpands the Definition of Literacy: \u003c\/b\u003eOffers an interdisciplinary and multimodal understanding of literacy that includes language, arts, digital media, oral traditions, and nature-based literacies.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eDisrupts Whiteness in Instructional Practice: \u003c\/b\u003eShows how educators can actively challenge whiteness, white ideology, and curricular erasure by affirming the identities of students from historically marginalized communities.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eIncludes User-Friendly Features for Immediate Application: \u003c\/b\u003eProvides tools such as instructional snapshots, classroom vignettes, student work samples, and reflection prompts.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRachelle S. Savitz\u003c\/b\u003e is an associate professor at East Carolina University and a former K-12 literacy coach\/interventionist. \u003cb\u003eJudy Paulick\u003c\/b\u003e is an associate professor at the University of Virginia and a former elementary literacy specialist. \u003cb\u003eOlivia Ann Williams\u003c\/b\u003e is a literacy researcher and a high school English teacher in Virginia. \u003cb\u003eBrooke Ward Taira\u003c\/b\u003e is an associate professor at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. \u003cb\u003eJulia A. Lynch\u003c\/b\u003e is a Black-poet-assistant professor at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. \u003cb\u003eShuling Yang\u003c\/b\u003e is an assistant professor at the University of Maryland. \u003cb\u003eSara A. Field\u003c\/b\u003e is a high school teacher and an adjunct professor at George Mason University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 27, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48452252074233,"sku":"9780807784099","price":68.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/Ok_-EdxkSN9780807784099.webp?v=1779947615","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/making-student-voices-matter-implementing-culturally-sustaining-literacy-practices-in-pre-k-12-classrooms-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}