In this Second Edition of her bestseller, Christine Sleeter and new co-author Judith Flores Carmona show how educators can learn to teach rich, academically rigorous, multicultural curricula within a standards-based environment. The authors have meticulously updated each chapter to address current changes in education policy and practice. New vignettes of classroom practice have been added to illustrate how todays teachers navigate the Common Core State Standards. The books field-tested conceptual framework elaborates on the following elements of curriculum design: ideology, enduring ideas, democratized assessment, transformative intellectual knowledge, students and their communities, intellectual challenges, and curriculum resources. Un-Standardizing Curriculum shows teachers what they can do to un-standardize knowledge in their own classrooms, while working toward high standards of academic achievement.

Christine E. Sleeter is professor emerita in the College of Professional Studies at California State University, Monterey Bay. Her recent books include Teaching with Vision and Creating Solidarity Across Diverse Communities. Judith Flores Carmona is assistant professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction and in the Honors College at New Mexico State University.