Introduction: the inquirers and their questions / Sibel Boran and Barbara Comber What education as inquiry is and isn't / Jerome C. Harste Curriculum as inquiry / Kathy G. Short and Carolyn L. Burke The journey from pedagogy to politics: taking whole language seriously / Susan M. Church What's it going to be? / Patrick Shannon Critical inquiry or safe literacies: who's allowed to ask which questions? / Barbara Comber Writing for critical democracy: student voice and teacher practice in the writing workshop / Timothy J. Lensmire Classrooms in the community: from curriculum to pedagogy / Timothy Shannon and Patrick Shannon "I knew that already": how children's books limit inquiry / Jennifer O'Brien Examining poverty and literacy in our schools: Janice's story / Connie L. White Classroom inquiry into the incidental unfolding of social justice issues: seeking out possibilities in the lives of learners / Vivian Vasquez Our kinds of questions you wouldn't find in a book / Robyn Jenkin Young researchers in action / David Wray, Maureen Lewis, and Carolyn Cox Different cultural views of whole language / Lee Gunderson Inviting reflective global inquiries: politicizing multicultural literature, mediated student voices, and English literacies / Sibel Boran