Critical English Education explores an ongoing movement in literacy studies that has fundamentally transformed scholarship and classroom instruction by situating reading and writing as creative practices that young people harness to understand themselves, analyze current social realities, and bring new civic possibilities into being. This book provides important context for the conditions of today's English classrooms. It features senior scholars and brave new voices in the field of English language arts reflecting on forces that shape research and practice in the teaching of English within the current political and educational climate--forces such as multicultural, sociocultural, postmodern, and critical theories; critical and culturally responsive pedagogies; and the discourses of multilingualism and translanguaging. The volume also examines the latest research and the most innovative practices in the teaching of writing, reading, and literary theory, and the uses of popular culture and other media. Critical English Education is a major entry into critical English scholarship and an invaluable resource for anyone seeking to understand the English education landscape. Featuring essays by Nicole Mirra, Ernest Morrell, and Antero Garcia; Ofelia García and Kahdeidra Monét Martin; Gloria Ladson-Billings; Sabine Little and Jennifer Rowsell; Maisha T. Winn; Limarys Caraballo; Cati de los Ríos; Mollie V. Blackburn; Rubén González and Antero Garcia; Stephanie Toliver; Jamila Lyiscott; Laurence Tan; and Kris D. Gutiérrez.