“This vital resource reminds us that the work of teaching and learning is fundamentally human work: relational, social, and cultural. With a rare and necessary balance of personal, practical, and political, the authors support us in nurturing the kinds of anti-oppressive relationships with and among young people that make schools healthy, just, joyful, and successful.”
—Carla Shalaby, author of Troublemakers: Lessons in Freedom from Young Children at School
“This book should be on every educator’s shelf and in every pre-service teacher’s toolkit. This book is clear and concise yet complete.”
—Maisha T. Winn, Faculty Director and Co-Founder, Transformative Justice in Education Center, University of California, Davis
“Through the voices of those closest to the classroom, Howard, McCall, and Howard remind us that at the end of the day teaching and learning often boils down to caring relationships. While it is troubling that the field must be reminded of this fact yet again, until our most wounded children experience school cultures that prioritize their well-being over their test scores, we need the kinds of powerful voices represented in this book to keep the focus where it belongs.”
—Jeff Duncan-Andrade, Associate Professor of Raza Studies & Education, San Francisco State University
“Establishing and sustaining meaningful relationships with diverse learners is an increasingly urgent task for education practitioners. No More Teaching without Positive Relationships offers sound instruction for how to make subtle shifts in language and teaching disposition that enable favorable student outcomes. More than a one-size-fits-all ‘how-to’ guide of relationship-building, Howard and his colleagues draw on expertise in critical race studies, early childhood, and human development to forecast a vision of teaching and learning centered on more humanizing social relations.”
—Chezare A. Warren, Associate Professor of Urban Education and Teacher Education, Michigan State University
