Mirror Images: Teaching Writing in Black and White

by Nancy Devlin Cason, Joan Krater, Nancy Cason

In the midwestern suburb of Webster Groves, Missouri, a team of middle and high school teachers--all female, all but one White--refused to accept the chronic underachievement of African-American student writers. Mirror Images is their story. Through six years of action research, they realized that instead of trying to "fix" the kids, they needed to "fix" some other things: their teaching methods, the ambiance of their classrooms, and their...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0435088211
• ISBN13: 9780435088217
• Release Date: November 1994
• Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
• Length: 515 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.3" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 12 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 6 to 12