Pt. 1. Language and identity. Ovuh dyuh / Joanne Kilgour Dowdy
Ebonics : a case history / Ernie Smith
pt. 2. Language in the classroom. o kinda sense / Lisa Delpit
Trilingualism / Judith Baker
Some basic sociolinguistic concepts / Michael Stubbs
Language, culture, and the assessment of African American children / Asa G. Hilliard III
I ain't writin' nuttin' : permissions to fail and demands to succeed in urban classrooms / Gloria J. Ladson-Billings
"... As soon as she opened her mouth!" : issues of language, literacy, and power / Victoria Purcell-Gates
pt. 3. Teacher knowledge. Topsy-turvies : teacher talk and student talk / Herbert Kohl
Toward a national public policy on language / Geneva Smitherman
The class of "common senses" : two African American women become teachers / Shuaib Meacham
"We don't talk right. You ask him." / Joan Wynne
Appendix : Linguistic Society of America resolution on the Oakland "ebonics" issue.
