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About the Editors JAMES A. BANKS is professor and director of the Center for Multicultural Education at the University of Washington, Seattle. He has written or edited more than a dozen books in multicultural education and in social studies education. Professor Banks is past president of the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) and the American Educational Research Association (AERA). CHERRY A. McGEE BANKS is associate professor of education at the University of Washington, Bothell. Professor Banks is associate editor of the Handbook of Research on Multicultural Education, contributing author of Multicultural Education, Transformative Knowledge, and Action, and co-author of March Toward Freedom: A History of Black Americans. Contributors to the Fourth Edition Frederick Erickson • Carl A. Grant • Christine E. Sleeter • Jean Anyon • James K. Uphoff • David Sadker • Mary Kay Thompson Tetreault • Johnella E. Butler • Geneva Gay • Janet Ward Schofield • Carlos J. Ovando • Rodney A. Cavanaugh • Luanna H. Meyer • Jill Bevan-Brown • Beth Harry • Mara Sapon-Shevin • Sonia Nieto Also Available The Dreamkeepers: Successful Teachers of African American Children by Gloria Ladson-Billings Paperback, ISBN: 0-7879-0338-8 Jossey Bass — A Wiley Company • www.josseybass.com

ISSUES AND CONCEPTS.

Multicultural Education: Characteristics and Goals (J. Banks).

Culture in Society and in Educational Practices (F. Erickson).

Race, Class, Gender, and Disability in the Classroom (C. Grant & C. Sleeter).

SOCIAL CLASS AND RELIGION.

Inner Cities, Affluent Suburbs, and Unequal Educational Opportunity (J. Anyon).

Religious Diversity and Education (J. Uphoff).

GENDER.

Gender Bias: From Colonial America to Today's Classrooms (D. Sadker & M. Sadker).

Classrooms for Diversity: Rethinking Curriculum and Pedagogy (M. Tetreault).

Transforming the Curriculum: Teaching about Women of Color (J. Butler).

RACE, ETHNICITY, AND LANGUAGE.

Educational Equality for Students of Color (G. Gay).

Approaches to Multicultural Curriculum Reform (J. Banks).

The Colorblind Perspective in School: Causes and Consequences (J. Schofield).

Language Diversity and Education (C. Ovando).

EXCEPTIONALITY.

Educational Equality for Students with Disabilities (W. Heward & R. Cavanaugh).

School Inclusion and Multicultural Issues in Special Education (L. Meyer, et al.).

Teaching Gifted Students in a Multicultural Society (R. Subotnik & G. LeBlanc).

SCHOOL REFORM.

School Reform and Student Learning: A Multicultural Perspective (S. Nieto).

Families and Teachers: Working Together for School Improvement (C. Banks).

Appendix.

Glossary.

Contributors.

Index.