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Urban Literacies: Critical Perspectives on Language, Learning, and Communityreviewed by Chandra Alston - August 01, 2011 Title: Urban Literacies: Critical Perspectives on Language, Learning, and Community Author(s): Valerie Kinloch Publisher: Teachers College Press, New York ISBN: 0807751820, Pages: 240, Year: 2011 Search for book at Amazon.comTo view the full-text for this article you must be signed-in with the appropriate membership. Please review your options below:
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- Chandra Alston
University of Michigan E-mail Author CHANDRA L. ALSTON is an assistant professor of Education in the Joint Program of English and Education at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Her research focuses on instructional practices that better support struggling writers. Her most recent work investigates the practices of teachers with higher value-added measures of student achievement and their impact on writing development and academic affiliation among struggling writers in predominantly minority school settings. Her other interests include adolescent literacy, teacher education, the teaching of writing, and teacher practices that cultivate student persistence and engagement.
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