For education leaders who believe that all students deserve the premium education that only some currently experience, Shattering Inequities: Real-World Wisdom for School and District Leaders shows how your leadership can provide equitable outcomes for our most vulnerable students. Chapters include examples of actual equity leaders and leadership lessons as easily retrievable equity hooks-memory cues of complete, complex, and nuanced leadership takeaways. In the throes of educational transformation, the book's examples provide leaders with practical ways to quickly and effectively infuse substantive thoughtfulness into common equity challenges and inspire equity-driven action to ensure that demographics do not determine destiny. An excellent guide for teachers, administrators, or anyone who wants to turn good intentions into reality for the children they serve.
Autorentext
By Robin Avelar La Salle and Ruth S. Johnson
Inhalt
Foreword
Michael Fullan
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part I: How Do Equity Leaders Get Started?
Chapter 1: A Moral Imperative
Equity Hook: Go to Work and Look for Trouble
Chapter 2: Data as an Equity Engine
Equity Hook: Beware the Wallpaper Effect!
Part II: How Do Impactful Equity Leaders Lead?
Chapter 3: When Adult Behavior Poses Equity Challenges
Equity Hook: Everyone's Got a Story
Chapter 4: Inspiring Equity Action
Equity Hook: Lead with a Flashlight, Not a Club
Chapter 5: Growing a Culture of Equity
Equity Hook: I Want You To Want to
Chapter 6: The Power of Expectations
Equity Hook: Language Is a Window Into Belief Systems
Chapter 7: Setting the Conditions for Building Collective Equity Muscle
Equity Hook: A Star Does Not a Constellation Make
Part III: What Are the Most Common Threats to Equity Leadership?
Chapter 8: Self-Imposed Equity Hurdles
Equity Hook: Get Out of Your Own Way
Conclusion: Make Educational Equity Your True North
Equity Hook: Do You Want To Be Right or Do Right?
References
About the Authors
Index