Review of Race, Curriculum, and the Politics of Educational Justice, by Wayne Au

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  • Rachel Shearer University of Colorado Denver

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https://doi.org/10.14507/er.v32.4311

Biografia do Autor

Rachel Shearer, University of Colorado Denver

Rachel Shearer (she/her) is a secondary educator who has taught high school English language, literature, and research in Aurora, Colorado, for nearly a decade. She is a doctoral student studying leadership in educational equity, in the Justice, Equity, and Diverse Identities (JEDI) program at the University of Colorado Denver. Rachel is also a Policy Fellow for Teach Plus+ Colorado, who represent teaching contexts in suburban, urban, and rural environments, leveraging teacher expertise to create meaningful recommendations on education policy. She identifies as a critical and learner-centered pedagogue and feels passionately that education is a liberatory tool to empower the voices of youth as agents of social reconstruction.

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[Book reviewed] Au, W. (2025). Race, curriculum, and the politics of educational justice. Teachers College Press.

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2025-12-03

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Shearer, R. (2025). Review of Race, Curriculum, and the Politics of Educational Justice, by Wayne Au. Resenhas Educativas/ANPEd, 32. https://doi.org/10.14507/er.v32.4311

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