Literacy as a Moral Imperative: Facing the Challenges of a Pluralistic Society

In this important new book on literacy and teaching practices, education scholar and former schoolteacher Rebecca Powell argues that the decisions we make about literacy in a pluralistic society are fundamentally moral ones, either supporting inequitable power relationships, or seeking to transform them. Powell explores the underlying ideological assumptions of “schooled literacy” and examines the ways teaching practices create tensions in the lives of students-tensions that often result in...