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This second edition offers strategies, tips, and guidance on how to promote equitable student growth across content areas. The essays in this book complement the work of school board members, administrators and community stakeholders in school districts with diverse student populations.
Authors offer both empirically-based and auto-ethnographic accounts about equity policy frameworks, school counseling, resource officers in urban schools, trauma-informed practices and bias disruptors. Each of the 12 essays provides templates for educators and administrators across age ranges and institution types. As demographics grow more diverse, school leaders will look for ideas to improve campus policy and practice. The contributors to this work deliver actionable steps across departments.
List of contents
Table of ContentsEditors' Note
Introduction: Examining the Roots of the American Education System
Heather Bennett and Todd M. Mealy
Part I: School Directors and Administration
School Board Leaders' Post-Pandemic Starter Guide to Fixing the System: Dismantling Racism and Institutionalizing Equity by Leveraging Your Board Leadership
N.J. Akbar
Developing, Implementing, and Executing an [Intersectional and Anti-Racist] Equity Framework in Your District and Your School
Victor Javier Rodriguez
When Schools Ban Books, They Silence Diverse Voices
Matthew Good
Part II: School Counselors as School Leaders
Replacing Cops with Counselors: How a Professional Development Sequence Can Move School Cultures from Zero-Tolerance to Restorative Justice
Nancy Nasr
An Education Without Domination: Narrative Praxis, Subversive Practices on Social Structures, and Humanizing Practices for Students of Color in Clinical School Settings
Olivia T. Ngadjui, Christian D. Chan, Brianne E. Scott, and Amirah R. Nelson
Don't Forget About Us: Practical Approaches to Empowerment, Agency, and Community Networks for Black Girls
Dianne Wellington and Jessica R. McClain
Part III: Leadership in Early Childhood Education
Black Lives Matter, 1Si Se Puede! Race and Language in the Prekindergarten Classroom
Zoila Morell and Kamar Y. Tazi
Teaching History to Challenge Racism: An International Perspective
AnneMarie Brosnan
Part IV: Auto-Ethnographic Accounts on Anti-Racist Pedagogy
Along the Rocky Path Toward Principles: Anti-Racist Educators in Dialogue
Barbara P. Laster and Afra A. Hersi
From Educators for Social Justice to Educators of Social Justice
Linsay DeMartino and Lisa Fetman
Pressing Pause: Subverting Hegemonic Cultural Norms in Educational Spaces
Emily Alicia Affolter and Suzie Hodges
Student to Teacher: Life in the Public School System
Stephanie J. Gates
About the Contributors
Index
About the author
Todd M. Mealy (Ph.D., American studies, Penn State University) is a writer who specializes in 19th and 20th century civil rights history and sports culture. A contributor to
Pennsylvania Heritage Magazine, he lives in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Heather Bennett assists public school boards and districts with educational equity focused tools, programming, and research. Her scholarship and practice focus on the intersection of education, law, and policy. She lives in Bangkok, Thailand.
