Abolitionist Leadership in Schools

Dr. Robert S. Harvey is Superintendent of East Harlem Scholars Academies, a community-based network of public charter schools in New York City, and Chief Academic Officer of East Harlem Tutorial Program, where he manages an Out-of-School Time program and Teaching Residency. An educator, community broker, and public voice, he has written and spoken extensively on education, race, and intersectional justice; serves on education and arts boards across the country; and is Visiting Professor in the Practice of Public Leadership at the Memphis Theological Seminary.

• Introduction: An Ongoing Pursuit 1. Take Refuge in How: An Abolitionist Approach to Communal Consciousness in Teaching, Learning, and Care 2. A Tree with Roots: Probing American History to Situate an Abolitionist Approach to Crisis 3. Survival Is Not an Academic Skill: Radically Humanizing Trauma as a Means of Power in Navigating Crisis 4. Knowing People and Place: Strategic Planning for Communal Consciousness 5. The Danger of Acting: Making Decisions as Acts of Resistance at the Risk of Resentment 6. Just Say the Thing: Communicating Clearly, Directly, and Humanely 7. Asking a Lot of All: Reimagining Accountability for the Sake of the Community Conclusion: A New Way, a New World, a New Song