This benchmark 6-volume set documents, analyzes, and critiques a comprehensive body of research on the history of multicultural education in the U.S. By collecting and providing a framework for key publications spanning the past thirty-forty years, these volumes provide a means of understanding and visualizing the development, implementation, and interpretation of multicultural education in American society.

These volumes do not promote any one scholar’s or group’s vision of multicultural education, but include conflicting ideals that inform multiple interpretations. Each volume contains archival documents organized around a specific theme:

Volume 1: Conceptual Frameworks and Curricular Content
Volume 2: Foundations and Stratifications
Volume 3: Instruction and Assessment
Volume 4: Policy and Governance
Volume 5: Students and Student Learning
Volume 6: Teachers and Teacher Education