TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ladson-Billings,Gloria
TI  - Crossing over to Canaan: the journey of new teachers in diverse classrooms 
T2  - The Jossey-Bass education series
SN  - 9780787950019
AV  - LC2717.L157.C767 2001 
PY  - 2001///
CY  - San Francisco
PB  - Jossey-Bass
KW  - African American students
KW  - Case studies
KW  - First year teachers
KW  - Training of
KW  - United States
N1  - Preface --; Acknowledgements --; The author --; Introduction --; Can anybody teach these children? --; Sojourners --; They're supposed to learn something --; Nobody wants to be Urkel --; Apathy is not an option --; A vision of the Promised Land --; Appendix A: Methodology --; Appendix B: The teach for diversity program --; Notes --; Index; 2
N2  - "Crossing Over to Canaan tells the story of eight novice teachers working in urban, elementary school settings. It details their struggles and triumphs as they confront challenges in the classroom and respond with innovative strategies that turn cultural strengths into academic assets. Gloria Ladson-Billings offers a model of teaching that focuses on academic achievement, cultural competence, and socio-political consciousness."; "Drawing from her own experiences as a young African-American teacher working in Philadelphia, she successfully weaves together narrative, observation, and scholarship to create an inspirational and practical book that will help teachers everywhere as they work to transcend labels and categories to support excellence among all students."--Jacket
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