Other People's Children

Cultural Conflict in the Classroom

Lisa Delpit

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The New Press
01 August 2006

Ethnic studies; Teaching of students with English as a second language (TESOL); Health & Self-Help

An updated edition of the classic revolutionary analysis of the role of race in the classroom Winner of an American Educational Studies Association Critics’ Choice Award and Choice Magazine’s Outstanding Academic Book Award, and voted one of Teacher Magazine’s “great books,” Other People’s Children has sold over 150,000 copies since its original hardcover publication. This anniversary paperback edition features a new introduction by Delpit as well as new framing essays by Herbert Kohl and Charles Payne.

In a radical analysis of contemporary classrooms, MacArthur Award–winning author Lisa Delpit develops ideas about ways teachers can be better “cultural transmitters” in the classroom, where prejudice, stereotypes, and cultural assumptions breed ineffective education. Delpit suggests that many academic problems attributed to children of color are actually the result of miscommunication, as primarily white teachers and “other people’s children” struggle with the imbalance of power and the dynamics plaguing our system.

A new classic among educators, Other People’s Children is a must-read for teachers, administrators, and parents striving to improve the quality of America’s education system.

By: Lisa Delpit
Imprint: The New Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: Revised edition
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 297g
ISBN: 9781595580740
ISBN 10: 1595580743
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 01 August 2006
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

MacArthur Fellow Lisa Delpit received the award for Outstanding Contribution to Education in 1993 from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, which hailed her as a visionary scholar and woman of courage. She currently holds the Benjamin E. Mays Chair of Urban Educational Leadership at Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia. She lives in Miramar, Florida.

Reviews for Other People's Children: Cultural Conflict in the Classroom

"""Phenomenal....Without books like this, those of us struggling to change our schools (as well as our society) would be unable to breathe."" - SAN FRANCISCO REVIEW OF BOOKS ""A godsend honest and fair, yet visionary and firm - QUARTERLY BOOK REVIEW"""