{"product_id":"other-peoples-children-cultural-conflict-in-the-classroom-paperback","title":"Other People's Children: Cultural Conflict in the Classroom - 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\u003eLisa Delpit\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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 \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\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, \u003cem\u003eOther People's Children\u003c\/em\u003e has sold over 150,000 copies since its original publication. Winner of an American Educational Studies Association Critics' Choice Award and \u003cem\u003eChoice\u003c\/em\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\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMacArthur Award winner Lisa Delpit is the 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, and editor of \u003cem\u003eTeaching When the World Is on Fire\u003c\/em\u003e (all published by The New Press), she lives in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 223\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 8.16 x 5.58 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 01, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44292973002854,"sku":"9781595580740","price":25.67,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/a2hCK2dQZzFUNUphSTlrOERaTkh1Zz09.webp?v=1766987728","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/other-peoples-children-cultural-conflict-in-the-classroom-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}