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Book SynopsisPerspectives on Diversity, Equity, and Social Justice in Educational Leadership provides educational leaders with practical steps for implementing multicultural education into schools.
Trade ReviewThis book serves as an excellent source for educational leaders to incorporate multicultural education in our schools. It provides and discusses effective strategies for leaders to ensure that all students are receiving equitable educational opportunities. -- Dr. Rose Duhon-Sells, Founder, National Association for Multicultural Education
Perspectives on Diversity, Equity, and Social Justice in Educational Leadership highlights the various ways in which educational leaders can implement school policies and practices to alleviate pressing and persistent academic disparities rooted in structural inequalities. Informed by theoretical approaches to transform schooling, these authors demonstrate the various ways in which education for social justice can be made tangible and concrete. In doing so, these authors provide a vision of possibility aimed at equitable schooling for educational leaders to make a difference within their spheres of influence. This volume promises to be a must read for those for whom the praxis of social justice in schooling is a compelling imperative. -- Francisco Rios, Dean and Professor, Woodring College of Education
Table of ContentsAbout the NAME Series Acknowledgements Introduction Jasmine Williams Chapter 1: First, A Look Inside: Educational Leadership Student Perspectives on a Social Foundations Course Candace Thompson and Susan Catapono Chapter 2: Rocky Boats and Rainbows: Culturally Responsive Leadership from the Margin – An Autoethnography Ann E. Lopez Chapter 3: Change your school, change the world: The Role of School Leaders in implementing School Wide Restorative Justice and Relational Pedagogies Martha Brown and Katherine Evans Chapter 4: White High School Administrators as Racial Advisors Byron Davis Chapter 5: Changing Staff Attitudes through Leadership Development and Equity Teams Michelle Yvonne Szpara Chapter 6: Building Bridges or Isolating Families: When School Policies Conflict with Cultural Beliefs, Values, and Ways of Knowing María L. Gabriel Chapter 7: Principals, School Climate, and Social Justice: How State Compliance with National Initiatives May Not be Enough Susan L. Dodd Chapter 8: Learning from Teachers: Critically Conscious Educational Leadership for Engaging Diverse Families in Title I Schools Cherrel Miller Dyce and Buffie Longmire-Avital About the Editors About the Contributors Index
