"This book highlights stories of how art educators in public, independent, museum, and community settings reflect on practice and are providing spaces for critical conversations and student voice. It demonstrates ways that art and visual culture use contemporary artmaking to bridge learning with lived experience and provide relevance to curricula. It is written for art educators from all backgrounds and contexts who want to expand opportunities for students to critically examine current events, past histories, and cultural assumptions in ways that are relevant and inclusive of their identities"--