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Teaching for Social Justice Books in Order
Below you'll find the complete list of Teaching for Social Justice books in publication order. This is generally the recommended reading order for the series.
Reading order verified: April 2026
Quick Answer
What order should I read the Teaching for Social Justice series? Start with "A Simple Justice (By: William Ayers,Therese Quinn)" (2000) and follow publication order through all 31 books.
The complete Teaching for Social Justice reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
A Simple Justice (By: William Ayers,Therese Quinn)
2000
The Public Assault on America's Children (By: William Ayers,Therese Quinn)
2000
The White Architects of Black Education (By: William Ayers,Therese Quinn)
2001
Refusing Racism (By: William Ayers,Therese Quinn,Cynthia Stokes Brown)
2002
Teaching Science for Social Justice (By: Angela Calabrese Barton)
2003
Teaching the Personal and the Political (By: William Ayers)
2004
See You When We Get There (By: Gloria Ladson-Billings)
2004
Pledging Allegiance (By: Joel Westheimer)
2007
Social Studies for Social Justice: Teaching Strategies for the Elementary Classroom (By: William Ayers,Therese Quinn)
2007
Teach Freedom (By: William Ayers,Therese Quinn)
2008
The Seduction of Common Sense (By: Kevin K. Kumashiro,William Ayers,Therese Quinn)
2008
Controversies in the Classroom (By: William Ayers)
2008
Holler If You Hear Me (With: Gregory Michie)
2009
Girl Time (By: Maisha T. Winn)
2011
Grow Your Own Teachers (By: William Ayers,Therese Quinn)
2011
Pedagogy of the Poor (By: William Ayers,Therese Quinn)
2011
The Assault on Public Education (By: William H. Watkins)
2011
Crossing Boundaries - Teaching and Learning with Urban Youth (By: Valerie Kinloch)
2012
Bad Teacher! How Blaming Teachers Distorts the Bigger Picture (By: Kevin K. Kumashiro,Therese Quinn)
2012
Deep Knowledge (By: Douglas B. Larkin)
2013
Being Bad (By: Crystal T. Laura)
2014
Worth Striking For (By: Isabel Núñez)
2015
Teaching with Conscience in an Imperfect World (By: William Ayers)
2016
What's So Great About Art, Anyway? (By: William Ayers)
2016
Spectacular Things Happen Along the Way (By: Carl A. Grant,Sonia Nieto)
2018
Same as It Never Was (By: Gloria Ladson-Billings)
2019
Holler If You Hear Me, Comic Edition (By: Diane Ravitch)
2019
Surrendered (By: Kevin K. Kumashiro)
2020
Teacher Educators as Critical Storytellers (By: Gloria Ladson-Billings)
2021
Where Is the Justice? Engaged Pedagogies in Schools and Communities (By: Valerie Kinloch)
2021
Child Care Justice (By: Maurice Sykes,Kyra Ostendorf)
2022
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