PART I: SOCIAL CONTEXT OF U.S. SCHOOLING: MINORITY EXPERIENCE
1. Minority Status and Marginalization
2. Power, Disparity, and Expectations Collide: Minority Family Attitudes, Academic Expectations, and Treatment in Schools
3. School Climate: Effects on Minority Student Achievement and Socio-emotional Adjustment
4. Teaching: Power to Influence
PART II: MINORITY VOICES: NARRATIVES FOR GAINING CULTURAL INSIGHT
5. Learning from Native American Stories
6. Learning from Asian American Stories
7. Learning from Latino/a Stories
8. Learning from African American Stories
9. Learning from Poor and Working Class Stories
10. Learning from Girls' and Women's Stories
11. Learning from Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered, and Questioning (LGBTQ) Individuals' Stories
12. Learning from Stories of People with Disabilities
PART III: PROMOTING CHANGE AND ACHIEVEMENT
13. Understanding the Achievement Gap between Minority and Dominant Culture Students: Stratification Effects
14. Transforming Knowledge: A Primary Form of Teacher Advocacy
15. Moving from Knower to Doer: Advocacy for Educators
