Equity & Cultural Responsiveness in the Middle Grades

Kathleen Brinegar, Northern Vermont UniversityLisa Harrison, Ohio UniversityEllis Hurd, Illinois State University

• Foreword.Acknowledgments.Section I. Unpacking The Failures Of Relying On Developmentalism At The Middle Level.Chapter 1. Exploring the Convergence of Developmentalism and Cultural Responsiveness; Lisa M. Harrison, Ellis Hurd, and Kathleen M. Brinegar.Chapter 2. Missed Opportunities, No More; Mark D. Vagle and Tracy M. Hamel.Chapter 3. A Framework for Responsive Middle Level Mathematics Teaching; Cheryl R. Ellerbrock and Eugenia Vomvoridi-Ivanovic.Section II. Supporting Young Adolescents With Marginalized Identities.Chapter 4. The (un)Muted Voices of Middle Grades Youth Experiencing Homelessness; Matthew J. Moulton.Chapter 5. Sounding Funny and Making Sense: Multimodal Codemeshing as a Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy in an English-Centric Classroom; Mark B. Pacheco and Blaine E. Smith.Chapter 6. Middle (Mis)Management: Staff Sanctioned Victimization in the Middle Grades; Brendan Downing.Chapter 7. Illuminating the Power of Personal Narrative Writing to Affirm the Literacies and Lives of Black Youth; ThedaMarie Gibbs Grey.Section III. Building Equitable Spaces Through The Implementation Of Culturally Responsive Practices.Chapter 8. Creating a Space for Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy; James Nagle and Will Andrews.Chapter 9. #NoDAPL: Collaboratively Designing Culturally Responsive Curriculum; Becky Beucher and Amy Smith.Chapter 10. Middle Level Administrators' Perspectives on Disciplinary Consequences Assigned to African American Female Students; Kriss Y. Kemp-Graham.Chapter 11. Educators' Practice for English Language Learners' Critical Consciousness: From Marginalized Identities to Active Agents; Bogum Yoon and Christine Uliassi.Section IV. Empowering Middle Level Educators To Work With Youth With Marginalized Identities.Chapter 12. Enacting Culturally Responsive Pedagogies: A Multicase Study of Middle Level Teachers in Urban, Priority Schools; M. Shelley Thomas and Penny B. Howell.Chapter 13. Preparing Culturally Responsive Middle Level Educators to Engage in Critical Conversations: Preservice Teachers Learning in an Integrated Curriculum Course; Toni M. Williams.Chapter 14. Preparing Teachers to Prevent Classroom Management Challenges Using Culturally Responsive Classroom Practices; Amy S. Murphy and Brianna L. Kennedy.Chapter 15. Establishing a Pedagogy of Equity and Culturally Responsiveness in the Middle Grades; Kathleen M. Brinegar, Lisa M. Harrison, and Ellis Hurd.About the Editors.About the Contributors.