MARILEE COLES-RITCHIE teaches qualitative methods, educational foundations, and ESL endorsement courses at Westminster College, UK.
An interesting case study...Coles-Ritchie discusses the national (and local) 'discourse of assimilation' that currently surrounds the teaching of immigrant students in the U.S. --J. A. Reyhner, Choice <p> Coles-Ritchie documents the struggles English learners face in a high school that severely limited their abilities to learn English and complete school, and what teachers who banded together did to change the school structures and teaching practices toward more equitable ways of these students' academic and social needs. This book is a must read for high school teachers and educators looking for smart ways to make fundamental changes in how they include English learners in all aspects of high school academic and social life. --Christian Faltis, David and Dolly Fiddyment Chair in Teacher Education, University of California, Davis<p> This book's provocative and insightful research illustrating how power, language and race intertwine in a high school facing a Latino/a student populatio