P. L. Thomas is Associate Professor of Education at Furman University, USA. He taught high school English in South Carolina before moving to teacher education. He is currently a column editor for English Journal (National Council of Teachers of English) and author of Ignoring Poverty in the U.S. (IAP). Follow his work at http://radicalscholarship.wordpress.com/ and @plthomasEdD.Brad J. Porfilio is Associate Professor of Education at Lewis University, USA. Recent publications include The Phenomenon of Obama and the Agenda for Education: Can Hope Audaciously Trump Neoliberalism?, which received the American Educational Studies 2012 Critics’ Choice Award.Julie Gorlewski is Assistant Professor of Education at the State University of New York at New Paltz, USA, and co-editor of English Journal. Publications include　Power, Resistance, and Literacy: Writing for Social Justice　(2011), Making it Real: Case Stories for Secondary Teachers (2012) and Theory into Practice: Case Stories for School Leaders　(2012).Paul R. Carr is Professor in the Department of Education at the Université du Québec en Outaouais, Canada.

• Introduction: Social Context Reform: A Pedagogy of Equity and Opportunity Brad Porfilio, Julie Gorlewski, Paul R. Carr, and P.L. Thomas, Editors Part 1: Social Reform for Equity and Opportunity 1. Defying Meritocracy: The Case of the Working-Class College Student Allison L. Hurst 2. Reforming the Schooling of Neoliberal, Perpetual Zombie Desire William Reynolds 3. The Pseudo Accountability of Education Reform: Injustice by (False) Proxy Randy Hoover 4. Teacher Education and Resistance within the Neoliberal Regime: Making the Necessary Possible Barbara Madeloni and Kysa Nygreen Part 2: School-based Reform for Equity and Opportunity 5. Changing the Colonial Context to Address School Underperformance in Nunavut Paul Berger 6. An Injury to All? The Haphazard Nature of Academic Freedom in America’s Public Schools Robert L. Dahlgren, Nancy C. Patterson and Christopher J. Frey 7. Educating, Not Criminalizing, Youth of Color: Challenging Neoliberal Agendas and Penal Populism Mary Christiankis and Richard Mora Part 3: Classroom-based Reform for Equity and Opportunity 8. Pedagogies of Equity and Opportunity: Critical Literacy, Not Standards P. L. Thomas 9. YouTube University: How an Educational Foundations Professor Uses Critical Media in His Classroom Nicholas D. Hartlep 10. Developing a User-Friendly, Community-Based Higher Education Rebecca Collins-Nelsen and Randy Nelsen 11. Transcending the Standard: One Teacher’s Effort to Explore the World Beyond the Curriculum Chris Leahy Conclusion: Learning and Teaching in Scarcity P. L. Thomas

P. L. Thomas is Associate Professor of Education at Furman University, USA. He taught high school English in South Carolina before moving to teacher education. He is currently a column editor for English Journal (National Council of Teachers of English) and author of Ignoring Poverty in the U.S. (IAP). Follow his work at http://radicalscholarship.wordpress.com/ and @plthomasEdD.Brad J. Porfilio is Associate Professor of Education at Lewis University, USA. Recent publications include The Phenomenon of Obama and the Agenda for Education: Can Hope Audaciously Trump Neoliberalism?, which received the American Educational Studies 2012 Critics’ Choice Award.Julie Gorlewski is Assistant Professor of Education at the State University of New York at New Paltz, USA, and co-editor of English Journal. Publications include　Power, Resistance, and Literacy: Writing for Social Justice　(2011), Making it Real: Case Stories for Secondary Teachers (2012) and Theory into Practice: Case Stories for School Leaders　(2012).Paul R. Carr is Professor in the Department of Education at the Université du Québec en Outaouais, Canada.

• Introduction: Social Context Reform: A Pedagogy of Equity and Opportunity Brad Porfilio, Julie Gorlewski, Paul R. Carr, and P.L. Thomas, Editors Part 1: Social Reform for Equity and Opportunity 1. Defying Meritocracy: The Case of the Working-Class College Student Allison L. Hurst 2. Reforming the Schooling of Neoliberal, Perpetual Zombie Desire William Reynolds 3. The Pseudo Accountability of Education Reform: Injustice by (False) Proxy Randy Hoover 4. Teacher Education and Resistance within the Neoliberal Regime: Making the Necessary Possible Barbara Madeloni and Kysa Nygreen Part 2: School-based Reform for Equity and Opportunity 5. Changing the Colonial Context to Address School Underperformance in Nunavut Paul Berger 6. An Injury to All? The Haphazard Nature of Academic Freedom in America’s Public Schools Robert L. Dahlgren, Nancy C. Patterson and Christopher J. Frey 7. Educating, Not Criminalizing, Youth of Color: Challenging Neoliberal Agendas and Penal Populism Mary Christiankis and Richard Mora Part 3: Classroom-based Reform for Equity and Opportunity 8. Pedagogies of Equity and Opportunity: Critical Literacy, Not Standards P. L. Thomas 9. YouTube University: How an Educational Foundations Professor Uses Critical Media in His Classroom Nicholas D. Hartlep 10. Developing a User-Friendly, Community-Based Higher Education Rebecca Collins-Nelsen and Randy Nelsen 11. Transcending the Standard: One Teacher’s Effort to Explore the World Beyond the Curriculum Chris Leahy Conclusion: Learning and Teaching in Scarcity P. L. Thomas