Nieto (language, literacy, and culture, U. of Massachusetts) profiles 22 teachers who have succeeded at teaching diverse students in various contexts. She interviewed teachers of various experience and grade levels and highlights how they have found joy in teaching vulnerable and marginalized students. She also reviews federal policy and its effects on teachers and schooling, including sociopolitical issues, and teacher preparation and evaluation, including what it means to teach with a social justice perspective, the nature of teacher learning, the impact of typical models of professional development, and more effective approaches, ending with lessons learned related to the dispositions of effective teachers, enacting these values in the classroom, and recommendations for thriving. Annotation 2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
