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Antibias Literacy Instruction for Stronger Readers, Writers, and Thinkers
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October 2023 | 336 pages | Corwin
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--School Library Journal, starred review

What would it mean to truly “get free” as an educator?
How can we identify and challenge bias in our reading and writing curriculum and instruction? How can we support students in becoming empathetic, engaged individuals who can communicate with the world through reading and writing skills developed with compassion and critical thinking?

Answering these questions requires deep personal reflection and intentional daily practice — and it’s crucial today more than ever, when students are overwhelmed with misinformation and disinformation.

Drawn from decades of classroom experience and founded on the scholarship of social justice educators,Tricia Ebarvia provides a framework that can help teachers implement transformative, anti-bias literacy instruction in middle- and high school classrooms Get Free offers educators

  • Strategies for scaffolding literacy instruction in ways that center students’ identities and experiences, and help them develop a more inclusive understanding of literature and writing
  • Classroom structures and routines that support critical listening and open, authentic conversation and writing responses
  • Invitations for teachers to re-examine curriculum and instructional practices, based on a deeper sense of who we are and what we bring to every reading and writing experience

To develop stronger reading, writing, and critical thinking skills, antibias literacy instruction is essential. This is the book for teachers, new and experienced, who know that classrooms can be transformative, liberatory spaces where students better understand themselves, others, and the world.

Imagine the possibilities if we could just get free…

Contents

Foreword

  • Introduction
  • Starting with Ourselves: We Teach Who We Are
  • Creating Brave Spaces: Community First
  • Unpacking Multitudes: Expanding Students’ Understanding of Identity
  • Listening and Speaking: Critical Conversations
  • Rethinking Reading: Taking an Expansive Approach
  • Perspective-Taking and Perspective-Bending: Strategies for Reading

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Description

--School Library Journal, starred review

What would it mean to truly “get free” as an educator?
How can we identify and challenge bias in our reading and writing curriculum and instruction? How can we support students in becoming empathetic, engaged individuals who can communicate with the world through reading and writing skills developed with compassion and critical thinking?

Answering these questions requires deep personal reflection and intentional daily practice — and it’s crucial today more than ever, when students are overwhelmed with misinformation and disinformation.

Drawn from decades of classroom experience and founded on the scholarship of social justice educators,Tricia Ebarvia provides a framework that can help teachers implement transformative, anti-bias literacy instruction in middle- and high school classrooms Get Free offers educators

  • Strategies for scaffolding literacy instruction in ways that center students’ identities and experiences, and help them develop a more inclusive understanding of literature and writing
  • Classroom structures and routines that support critical listening and open, authentic conversation and writing responses
  • Invitations for teachers to re-examine curriculum and instructional practices, based on a deeper sense of who we are and what we bring to every reading and writing experience

To develop stronger reading, writing, and critical thinking skills, antibias literacy instruction is essential. This is the book for teachers, new and experienced, who know that classrooms can be transformative, liberatory spaces where students better understand themselves, others, and the world.

Imagine the possibilities if we could just get free…

Contents

Foreword

  • Introduction
  • Starting with Ourselves: We Teach Who We Are
  • Creating Brave Spaces: Community First
  • Unpacking Multitudes: Expanding Students’ Understanding of Identity
  • Listening and Speaking: Critical Conversations
  • Rethinking Reading: Taking an Expansive Approach
  • Perspective-Taking and Perspective-Bending: Strategies for Reading

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Antibias Literacy Instruction for Stronger Readers, Writers, and Thinkers


October 2023 | 336 pages | Corwin

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Paperback 01/02/2026 9781071918364 $40.95
Lifetime 01/02/2026 9781071925409 $37.00

--School Library Journal, starred review

What would it mean to truly “get free” as an educator?
How can we identify and challenge bias in our reading and writing curriculum and instruction? How can we support students in becoming empathetic, engaged individuals who can communicate with the world through reading and writing skills developed with compassion and critical thinking?

Answering these questions requires deep personal reflection and intentional daily practice — and it’s crucial today more than ever, when students are overwhelmed with misinformation and disinformation.

Drawn from decades of classroom experience and founded on the scholarship of social justice educators,Tricia Ebarvia provides a framework that can help teachers implement transformative, anti-bias literacy instruction in middle- and high school classrooms Get Free offers educators

  • Strategies for scaffolding literacy instruction in ways that center students’ identities and experiences, and help them develop a more inclusive understanding of literature and writing
  • Classroom structures and routines that support critical listening and open, authentic conversation and writing responses
  • Invitations for teachers to re-examine curriculum and instructional practices, based on a deeper sense of who we are and what we bring to every reading and writing experience

To develop stronger reading, writing, and critical thinking skills, antibias literacy instruction is essential. This is the book for teachers, new and experienced, who know that classrooms can be transformative, liberatory spaces where students better understand themselves, others, and the world.

Imagine the possibilities if we could just get free…


Table Of Contents:

  • Foreword
  • Introduction
  • Starting with Ourselves: We Teach Who We Are
  • Creating Brave Spaces: Community First
  • Unpacking Multitudes: Expanding Students’ Understanding of Identity
  • Listening and Speaking: Critical Conversations
  • Rethinking Reading: Taking an Expansive Approach
  • Perspective-Taking and Perspective-Bending: Strategies for Reading

Recent Product Reviews:

VERDICT: This helpful book reengineers classroom literacy learning by encouraging teachers to facilitate while students command their own learning.
School Library Journal, starred review
In a time when teachers are feeling more constrained than ever, this book serves as a path forward to breaking free from the biases and social norms that hold us back. Ebarvia has created a comprehensive tool kit that marries necessary theory to practical classroom application, which is nothing short of amazing and will be one of the most frequently pulled books from your professional library.
Susan G. Barber, MuchAdoAboutTeaching.com
Get Free: Antibias Literacy Instruction for Stronger Readers, Writers, and Thinkers hits that beautiful sweet spot between inspirational and practical. Through stories, real examples of student work, and artfully synthesized theory, this book provides reflections, tools, and tangible strategies for educators who seek to help us all get free.
Sarah-SoonLing Blackburn
What does it mean to be free? And how can we, as educators, create conditions for students to answer that for themselves? Ebarvia asks the most important questions of the moment and guides readers on a journey to help them answer the questions for themselves. With every word, it is clear Ebarvia has a deep belief in educators to rise to the occasion and support students to become the critical changemakers we need for a more just society.
Val Brown
Ebarvia has written for us a guide for how to use education the right way: how to invite students into freedom through literacy and classwork. This is genius and I’m so excited for it to be out in the world.
Lorena Germán, #DisruptTexts

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