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Dec 19, 2014 why we teach now provides a number of essays and vignettes about the motivation, inspiration, challenges, and frustrations of being a teacher in america. Professor emerita in language, literacy, and culture at the college of education, university of massachusetts, she has taught students. She has taught students at all levels from elementary through graduate school and she continues to speak and write on multicultural education, the education of latinos, and other culturally and linguistically diverse student populations. A compilation of previously published journal articles and book chapters.
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