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Centering Communities of Color in Statewide School Transformation

Establishing Just Policies and Practices

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

AvManka M. Varghese,Margaret L. Plecki,Ana M. Elfers,Aditi Rajendran

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This pathbreaking book presents a road map for constructing and sustaining a statewide reform for equity in today’s Pre-K–12 schools.Centering the perspectives of historically underserved educators, students, and communities, this volume describes the systemic barriers to educational justice, along with ways to redress inequities. This examination of a statewide effort to transform schools focuses on the investments, policies, strategies, and practices needed to improve outcomes for all students, including those of Indigenous backgrounds. The fundamental premise underlying all the studies in this volume is the need to change assumptions and beliefs about education and how it is currently practiced and financed.Chapters demonstrate the importance of providing nondominant and racially minoritized communities with authentic opportunities to describe and influence the types of investments they believe are most needed. This much-needed book shows how to craft a multifaceted and ambitious approach to educational transformation that identifies structural inequities and creates policies and practices to reverse the problems, including guidance for mapping the process and creating targets for change.Book Features:Explores a collaborative effort in the state of Washington to generate innovative ways to tackle injustices in Pre-K–12 schools.Describes four core principles which were developed by the authors in collaboration with local communities and state-level partners.Shows how the authors engaged with communities of color as key partners, including students and families of color, Indigenous communities, teachers and administrators of color and their networks.Includes a team of researchers with expertise that spans disciplines from history, public policy, finance, sociolinguistics, special education, teacher education, educational leadership, multicultural education, and developmental psychology.

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Utgivningsdatum2026-05-22
Mått156 x 229 x 11 mm
Vikt286 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieMulticultural Education Series
Antal sidor208
FörlagTeachers' College Press
ISBN9780807784358

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Manka M. Varghese is a professor at the University of Washington College of Education and president-elect of the American Association of Applied Linguistics.Margaret L. Plecki is emeritus professor and former director of the Center for the Study of Teaching and Policy at UW.Ana M. Elfers is a research associate professor emeritus at the Center for the Study of Teaching and Policy at UW.Aditi Rajendran is an assistant professor of organizational leadership, policy, and development at the University of Minnesota.

ContentsSeries Foreword viiAcknowledgments xiIntroduction 11. Paramount Duty of the State: Washington State’s Distinctive Constitutional Commitments to “Advanced” Principles of Education, Equity, and Equality—and Their Contradiction 10Nancy Beadie2. School Lands, School Funds, and Settler Colonial Systems: Education, State Formation, and Systemic Inequality 23Nancy Beadie3. Examining Inequities in State School Funding Systems: Lessons From Washington State 36David S. Knight, Margaret L. Plecki, and Pooya Almasi4. Understanding Educational Justice Through the Lens of State and District Leaders 52Ana M. Elfers and Margaret L. Plecki5. “We Know What’s Right for Kids”: Educators in Washington State Speak Up and Speak Back About Educational Justice 66Manka Varghese6. Challenges and Possibilities in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Schooling Contexts 81Eric J. Johnson7. Achieving Educational Justice for Washington’s Students of Color 97Dhani Srinivasan and Aneesa Roidad8. Native American Educational Sovereignty as Educational Equity 112Dana Arviso, Anne Marie Guerrettaz, and Melodi Wynne9. Cultivating the Vibes: Community Sanctuary Spaces 132Jessica I. Ramirez, Kaleb Germinaro, Kayla Mendoza Chui, and Shaneé A. Washington10. Rooted in Community, Rising for Justice in Early Childhood: Everyday Routines as Practices of Family Survivance Toward Equitable Futures 146Soojin Oh Park, Kaixin Li, and Carla Asiedu-Ofei11. “I Need More Than Whatever Inclusion Is”: Mothers Resisting and Dreaming Beyond Racial-Ability Hierarchies in Early Childhood 162Maggie Beneke, Shayla Collins, and Selma PowellConclusion 178Endnotes 181Index 185About the Editors and Contributors 191