Dear Paulo

Letters from Those Who Dare Teach

Sonia Nieto has collected letters from teachers and teacher educators to Paulo Freire, author of the classic Pedagogy of the Oppressed and many other books for educators on critical pedagogy and liberatory curriculum. Through the letters we learn about how teachers across the United States are introducing a curriculum for liberation in K-12 classrooms, the challenges they face, and the influence Paulo Freire has had on a generation of educators.

The book is an inspiration to write one's own letter to Paulo Freire in order to grapple with the ideas, relevance and application of his work. As Freire said, "… reading is not just to walk on the words, and it is not flying over the words either. Reading is re-writing what we are reading."

Thanks to the generosity the editor Sonia Nieto, a portion of the proceeds from the book will be donated to further the work of Teaching for Change.

Paperback.