David Hemphill is a professor, researcher, and musician. He is Professor and Chair in the Graduate College of Education at San Francisco State University, where he has been on the faculty for three decades. He writes widely on culture, language, literacy, and power in education.
Erin Blakely has worked in elementary and middle schools for fifteen years as a reading and math specialist, academic dean, and school leadership facilitator. She develops curricula and policy, designs equity initiatives, facilitates collaborative leadership teams, and provides professional development for local school districts.

Contents: Narratives of Progress and the Colonial Origins of Schooling - Deconstructing Modernity - Multiculturalism and the Domestication of Difference - Globalization, Transnationality, and Citizen-Consumers - Social Cognition - Commodification of Language and Literacy - Discourse and Discipline.