Even from the earliest grades, children have the rights to read and write?not just in dominant American English, but also in their own languages and dialects.

Part I - Teaching in the Pursuit of Justice: Students' Rights to Read and Write in Elementary School. Part II - In the Classroom. Chapter 1 - Students' Rights to Representation in the Early Childhood Curriculum. Chapter 2 - Students' Right to Author Their Identities. Chapter 3 - Students' Rights to Their Names, Languages, and Cultures. Chapter 4 - "Learning is mostly about English:" Students' Right to Trouble the Language of Power. Chapter 5 - Students' Rights to Read and Write about Homophobia and Hate Crimes. Chapter 6 - Students' Right to Trauma-Informed Literacy Teaching. Part III - Insights, Resources, and Possibilities. Chapter 7 - A Conversation with Jacqueline Woodson on Students' Rights to Read and Write. Chapter 8 - Protecting Your Students' Rights to Read and Write and Yours to Teach. Chapter Nine - In the Pursuit of Justice: On the Rights to Read and Write as Human Rights. Annotated Bibliography. Index. Editor and Contributors.