Cover
Contents
Preface
What This Book Is About
Who This Book Is For
How This Book Works
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Part I: Understanding Culturally Relevant Mathematics Teaching
1 What Is Culturally Relevant Mathematics Teaching?
Modern Expectations for Mathematics
Culturally Relevant Teaching
Fundamentals of Culturally Relevant Teaching of Mathematics
Summary and Discussion Questions
2 Imagining Culturally Relevant Teaching Through Mathematics Practices and Tasks
Expanding the Definition of Mathematics Tasks

When Children Thrive: Culturally Relevant Mathematics Practices
Tasks as Opportunities to Build Mathematical Thinking
Not Just Any Task: Complexity Matters
Tasks as Opportunities to Practice Culturally Relevant Teaching
Features of Culturally Relevant Mathematics Tasks
Summary and Discussion Questions
3 Creating and Assessing Culturally Relevant Mathematics Tasks
Task-Building Actions
Rubric for Creating and Assessing CRMTasks
Summary and Discussion Questions
Part II: Practical Approaches for Planning and Creating Culturally Relevant Mathematics Tasks

4 Planning With Intention and Hope
Unpacking Standards for CRMTask-Building Opportunities
Planning Tasks That Foster Hope
Summary and Discussion Questions
5 Creating Contexts for Cultural Inquiry
Emphasizing We Care/We Belong to Create Cultural Inquiry
Conducting Student Interviews to Build From Student Culture
Conducting Community Walks to Build Community Knowledge
Using Children's Literature to Build CRMTasks
Using Cultural Artifacts as a Source of Mathematical Knowledge
Summary and Discussion Questions
6 Creating Contexts for Agency and Action

When We Say Agency
Using Social Justice Standards to Guide Task Creation
Promoting Individual and Personal Empowerment
Standing in Solidarity With Community Aspirations
Targeting Agency Through Children's Literature
Creating Prompts From Current Justice Issues
Summary and Discussion Questions
Part III: Refining Our Notions and Experiences
7 The Journey: Improving Culturally Relevant Mathematics Teaching
Teachers' and Leaders' Notions of Culturally Relevant Teaching
Confronting "Difference" in Culturally Relevant Teaching
Lesson Planning With Agency

Using Culturally Relevant Mathematics Tasks Within Units
Summary and Discussion Questions
8 The Flow: Implementing and Refining Culturally Relevant Tasks, Lessons, and Units
Working With a Mathematics Task Template
The Three-Part Lesson
Culturally Relevant Mathematics Curriculum Unit
Summary and Discussion Questions
9 Continuing the Journey
Reflecting on Key Elements
Keys to Continuing the Journey: Hope by Design
One Task at a Time
Open Up Your Practice
Jump in at the Deep End
Prepare to Engage Young Children in Social Justice