This book follows a group of teachers who worked to create a program that supported their students' native languages and funds of knowledge, finding that structures within the school and discourses from other teachers, administrators, and the nation/community both constrained/enabled the teachers to create an equitable learning environment.

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Introduction: Can We Blame the Teachers? Community Context: Change is in the Air Contradictory Discourse Among Teachers, Administration, and the State: 'Let's have a more inclusive school culture, which assimilates all students.' Teachers' Discursive Realignment Language Ideologies at Cherry High School Teachers as Agents of School Change Secondary Education and English Learners: We've got work to do Epilogue: Cherry High School Now