How power, in the caring perspective, can be seen as moral authority is explored in an ethnographic study of the traditional teacher-centered classroom of a second-grade teacher. Routine and ritual established continuity for curriculum and instruction. The purposes of collective responsibility and work were continuous. (SLD)

This article focuses on the findings of two multicultural feminist critical researchers who research with, for, and about Puerto Rican and Dominican youth and children. Across the research, participants developed peer structures, challenged school pedagogies, and maintained relationships with teachers. The authors present the article in two…