Shawna Coppola, MA, a former classroom teacher and literacy specialist, is an active school consultant, a community leader, and a faculty member in the Learning Through Teaching program at the Literacy Institutes of the University of New Hampshire. She lives in Madbury, New Hampshire.

0.Introduction. 1.The Anti-Oppressive Literacy Education Framework. 2.Literacy Involves Both Cognitive Processes and Social Practices. 3.Literacy and Identity Are Inextricably Linked. 4.All Human Beings Engage in Literacy and Language Practices That Are Both Valid and Valuable. 5.Meaning-Making Occurs Within a Variety of Equally Valid Communicative Channels or Modes. 6.Literacy Can Be Used as a Tool for Liberation as Well as a Tool for Oppression.

In Literacy for All, Shawna Coppola shows how a literacy pedagogy founded on anti-oppressive principles can transform the experiences of teachers and students alike.