Equity Issues for Today's Educational Leaders

Meeting the Challenge of Creating Equitable Schools for All

Häftad, Engelska, 2009

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At a time when America's schools face many of the most difficult challenges ever, the authors of Equity Issues for Today's Educational Leaders return the reader to an agenda for addressing equity in schools, emphasizing the need to reexamine past reform efforts and the work ahead for educational leaders in reshaping schools and schooling—in concert, attending to the social responsibility of furthering the ideals of a democratic society. The underlying purpose of the Equity Issues for Today's Educational Leaders is to illuminate and critique, as well as draw to the foreground, both historical and contemporary factors that have contributed to issues of equity in schools. Importantly, the contributors provide a survey of the issues as well as content and pedagogical tools for students and practitioners of leadership to study and understand their work in dealing with equity issues against a backdrop of a changing America and the demands placed on contemporary schools.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2009-09-15
Mått154 x 231 x 13 mm
Vikt297 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor190
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781607091400

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Part 1 Introduction: Equity Issues for Today's School LeadersPart 2 Introduction: Creating Equitable Schools for AllChapter 3 The Meaning of Equity in Creating and Leading Equitable Schools: Revitalizing a Democratic PrincipleChapter 4 Preparing Democratic Educational Leaders: An Equity-Based ApproachPart 5 Introduction: Equity Issues for Today's Educational LeadersChapter 6 Meeting the Challenge of Ending Gender Bias in Public EducationChapter 7 Educational Equity and School Choice: The Effect of Voucher Programs on Access to an Equitable Education and the Role of the School LeaderChapter 8 Achievement Equity and the Gap that DividesChapter 9 Educational Equity and the Special Needs StudentChapter 10 Addressing Equity and Social Justice Issues for English Language Learners: Using Reflection and CriticalityChapter 11 Equity and the Preparation of Students for Postsecondary EducationChapter 12 Diversity, Equity, and the Importance of Culturally Responsive Educational LeadersChapter 13 Coda: The Equity Problem and the Work of Educational Leaders

A profoundly important book that focuses on equity issues prevalent in our schools today. In this era of standards-based accountability, this collection of essays provides a greatly needed critical review of the challenges educators face in creating equitable schools for all students. As a university professor involved in leadership preparation, I am grateful for this collection and look forward to incorporating this work into my classroom teaching.