Marcia Farr is Professor of Education and English at the Ohio State University and Professor Emerita of English and Linguistics at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Lisya Seloni is Assistant Professor of English in the Composition and TESOL graduate program at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Juyoung Song is Assistant Professor in the department of English and Philosophy at Murray State University.

• PrefaceList of Contributors1: Introduction: Ethnolinguistic Diversity in Language and Literacy Education, Marcia Farr, Lisya Seloni, and Juyoung SongPart I: Ethnolinguistic Diversity in the United States2: Common Myths and Stereotypes Regarding Literacy and Language Diversity in the Multilingual United States, Terrence G. Wiley & Gerda de Klerk3: Language, Education,and Literacy a Mexican Transnational Community, Marcia Farr4: "I’m Speaking English Instead of My Culture" – Portraits of Language Use and Change among Native American Youth, Teresa L. McCarty, Mary Eunice Romero-Little, Larisa Warhol, & Ofelia Zepeda 5: Diverse Literacy Practices among Asian Populations: Implications for Theory and Pedagogy, Alan HirvelaPart II: Integrating Ethnolinguistic Diversity into Schooling6: Dialect Awareness, Cultural Literacy, and the Public Interest, Walt Wolfram 7: Ethnosensitivity in Time and Space: Critical Hip Hop Language Pedagogies and Black Language in the US, H. Samy Alim & John Baugh 8: Standardized Assessment of African-American Children: A Sociolinguistic Perspective, Anne H. Charity Hudley9: Latino Language Practices and Literacy Education in the U.S., Ofelia García10: Language, Literacy, and Pedagogy of Caribbean Creole English Speakers, Shondel Nero11: From Outside Agitators to Inside Implementers: Improving the Literacy Education of Vernacular and Creole Speakers, Angela E Rickford & John R. RickfordAfterword: Mariko Haneda

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