Winner of the 2010 Critics Choice Award presented by the American Educational Studies Association The classic indispensable guide for teachers parents and community organizers concerned with educating working-class children Literacy with an Attitude dares to define literacy as a powerful right of citizenship. Patrick J. Finn persuasively debunks the time-honored paradigm for teaching poor and working-class students. Our job he argues is not to help such students to become middle class and live middle-class lives?most don''t want it. Education rather should focus on a powerful literacy?a literacy with an attitude?that enables working-class and poor students to better understand demand and protect their civil political and social rights. This tenth-anniversary second edition features eight new chapters and a revised and updated original text. Language: English