Contemporary Issues in Equity, Democracy, and Public Education: Multidisciplinary Perspectives from Education, Social Sciences, and Health [Paperback]

1. Introduction: The Case for Emphasizing Equity in Public Education as a Means of Sustaining Democracy??Part 1: Origins and Persistence of Systemic Inequity in U.S. Classrooms??2.?The Burden Our Children Bear: The Legacy of Eugenic Ideology??3.?Towards Inclusive Education: Ableism and Democratizing Access?4.?Whatever Happens to Any Child in Early Childhood Education, Better Be the Business of All of Us: Creating Equitable Learning Communities for Black Boys?5.?Incentivizing Equity in Education?6. The Banning Years??7.?Whiteness and Colonization in Higher Education: Barriers to Institutional and Societal Change??Part 2: The Physiological, Psychological, and Social Consequences of Systemic Bias, and Its Incompatibility with Democracy??8.?Chronic Stress-Related Disorders and the Possible Epigenetic Mechanisms??9.?Inflammation in Pregnancy and its Role in Poor Gestational Health??10.?Implementing a Social Justice Framework into Education Systems of Care??11.?Food as a Basic Right??12.?Between Hypervisibility and Invisibility: Unpacking What it Means to be an HSI on Indigenous Lands Through Critical Unearthing of Local Histories and Epistemologies of Latinx Communities??Part 3: Rethinking the Curriculum to Promote Equity in Curriculum and Practice??13.?Dismantling Oppression and Cultivating Resistance and Hope When Serving Immigrant Latin American Children and Families??14.?U.S. History, Racial Capitalism, and Settler Colonialism??15.Decolonizing the Curriculum for Reparative Justice, Psychological Liberation, and National Healing??16.?Chaos Or Community: Teaching for Democracy in an Era of Uncertainty??17.?Teaching Transformative Citizenship in Schools: A Pathway to Promoting Equity and Preserving Democracy??Part 4:?A Closer Look at Expanding Educational Opportunities for Previously Excluded Groups in STEM??18.?Ratcheting Equity??19.?Democratizing STEM: Developing a Culture of Sensemaking??20.?Environmental Health Literacy for Indigenous Youth: Implementing thl3%