Planting the Seeds of Equity

Ruchi Agarwal-Rangnath is assistant professor of teacher education at the University of San Francisco and founding member of the National Association of Multicultural Education, California Chapter (CARE-ED), and the California Alliance of Researchers for Equity (CARE-ED). Her books include Preparing to Teach Social Studies for Social Justice (Becoming a Renegade) and Social Studies, Literacy, and Social Justice in the Common Core Classroom: A Guide for Teachers.

• ContentsForeword Patrick Camangian viiPreface xiAcknowledgments xv1. Introduction 1Ruchi Agarwal-Rangnath2. Teaching to Heal, Healing to Teach: Ethnic Studies as a Healing Endeavor in and out of the Classroom 17Farima Pour-Khorshid3. Creating Something Beautiful 27Amalia Medina-Glover4. Little Children Have Big Hearts: Teaching for Equity and Justice in K–2 Classrooms 36Cami Touloukian5. Mindfulness and Yoga 44Ruby Vyas6. What It Means to Teach for Social Justice as a White Educator 51Emily Starr Bean7. Ethnic Studies in a Transitional Kindergarten Classroom: Learning About Race and Identity 68Vilma Serrano8. Exploring Gender 76Dale Weiss9. Teaching Your Community 83Roxanne Cano10. Changing the Narrative: Asian American Ethnic Studies in My 1st-Grade Classroom 90Judy Yu11. Creating a Democratic Classroom 96Rosamund LooneyAbout the Authors 105Index 108

“This collection of exemplary social justice lessons provides a social justice spark and encouragement to other early childhood teachers.”—Teachers College Record