Critical Race Theory in Education: A Scholar's Journey

by Gloria Ladson-Billings, James A. Banks (Editor)

Overview

This important volume brings together key writings from one of the most influential education scholars of our time. In this collection of her seminal essays on critical race theory (CRT), Gloria Ladson-Billings seeks to clear up some of the confusion and misconceptions that education researchers have around race and inequality. Beginning with her groundbreaking work with William Tate in the mid-1990s up to the present day, this book discloses both a personal and intellectual history of CRT in education. The essays are divided into three areas: Critical Race Theory, Issues of Inequality, and Epistemology and Methodologies. Ladson-Billings ends with a postscript that looks back at her journey and considers what is on the horizon for other scholars of education. Having these widely cited essays in one volume will be invaluable to everyone interested in understanding how inequality operates in our society and how race affects educational outcomes.

Featured Essays:

1. Toward a Critical Race Theory of Education with William F. Tate IV

2. Critical Race Theory: What It Is Not!

3. From the Achievement Gap to the Education Debt: Understanding Inequality in U.S. Schools

4. Through a Glass Darkly: The Persistence of Race in Education Research and Scholarship

5. New Directions in Multicultural Education: Complexities, Boundaries, and Critical Race Theory

6. Landing on the Wrong Note: The Price We Paid for Brown

7. Racialized Discourses and Ethnic Epistemologies

8. Critical Race Theory and the Post-Racial Imaginary with Jamel K. Donner

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780807765838
Publisher:	Teachers College Press
Publication date:	09/10/2021
Series:	Multicultural Education Series
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Gloria Ladson-Billings is professor emerita at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and president of the National Academy of Education (2018–2021). Her books include Culturally Relevant Pedagogy: Asking a Different Question and Teacher Educators as Critical Storytellers: Effective Teachers as Windows and Mirrors.

Table of Contents

Series Foreword James A. Banks vii

Introduction 1

Part I Critical Race Theory

1 Toward a Critical Race Theory of Education William F. Tate IV 17

2 Critical Race Theory-What It Is Not! 39

Part II Issues of Inequality

3 From the Achievement Gap to the Education Debt: Understanding Achievement in U.S. Schools 59

4 Through a Glass Darkly: The Persistence of Race in Education Research and Scholarship 81

5 New Directions in Multicultural Education: Complexities, Boundaries, and Critical Race Theory 94

6 Landing on the Wrong Note: The Price We Paid for Brown 125

Part III Epistemology and Methodologies

7 Racialized Discourses and Ethnic Epistemologies 153

8 Critical Race Theory and the Postracial Imaginary Jamel K. Donnor 183

Postscript: The Social Funding of Race: The Role of Schooling 209

Index 234

About the Author 246

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

“Critical Race Theory in Education is the perfect intellectual tool for deconstructing and understanding the formation of race in U.S. schools. Ladson-Billings helps make clear what critical race theory is and what it is not. This is an essential read in this current climate of myth-making around critical race theory.”
—Anthony L. Brown, professor, University of Texas at Austin

“Have you ever wondered about the trajectory of critical race theory or what critical race theory in education actually is? If your answer is ‘yes’ and you want to hear about it from one of critical race theory in education’s leading voices, this is an essential book to read.”
—Lisa W. Loutzenheiser, associate professor, University of British Columbia

Editorial Reviews

Ladson-Billings’ important work on racial inequality in education should be a pivotal touchstone for graduate students, prospective educators, practicing educators, teacher leaders, administrators, researchers, and policymakers who are serious about confronting the realities of race in schools.”

—Teachers College Record

“This latest book by Ladson-Billings is an engaging arrangement of her work, which moves through both her journey in her scholarship in CRT as well as an understanding of CRT, how it can operate in society, and how scholars and teacher educators can engage with CRT to create more equitable educational opportunities for students of Color.”

—Journal of Language and Literacy Education

“ Critical Race Theory in Education showcases scholarship from Gloria Ladson-Billings that has invigorated the field of education, traditionally mired in pejorative research about African American students. Her bent for incorporating personal narrative into her research literature distinctly enriches the texture of her work, importantly, as an African American student, educator, and scholar.”

—Black Perspectives

From the Publisher