School Leaders Our Children Deserve

George Theoharis is a professor in educational leadership and inclusive elementary education at Syracuse University, and coauthor of What Every Principal Needs to Know to Create Equitable and Excellent Schools.

• Contents (Tentative)AcknowledgmentsForward by Lynda TredwayNote on Methodology1.  School Leadership and Social JusticeBarriers to School SuccessSocial Justice Leadership as an Effective Alternative to School-as-UsualOrganization and Content of the BookA Framework for Social Justice LeadershipConclusion2.  The Seven Social Justice Principals and Their SchoolsIntroducing the Principals and Their SchoolsConclusion3.  "There Is No Social Justice Without Inclusion": Advancing Inclusion, Access, and Opportunity for AllThe Connection Between Inclusion and Social JusticeStrategies That Advanced Inclusion, Access, and Opportunity for AllConclusion4.  "Changing How We Teach, What We Teach, and How We Approach Schooling": Improving the Core Learning ContextThe Connection Between Improving the Core Learning Context and Social JusticeStrategies to Improve the Core Learning Context—Both the Teaching and the CurriculumConclusion5.  "Connecting and Respecting": Creating a Climate of BelongingThe Connection Between a Climate of Belonging and Social JusticeStrategies That Create a Climate of BelongingConclusion6.  Closing the Opportuntiy Gap and Increasing Student Learning: Toward a Theory of Socially Just School ReformThe Connection Between Increasing Student Learning and Social JusticeIncreasing Student LearningToward a Theory of Socially Just School Reform7.  "At Every Turn": The Barriers Faced by Social Justice PrincipalsBarriers Within the School SiteBarriers at the District LevelBarriers at the Institutional LevelConsequences of the BarriersConclusion8.  "Saving My Sanity": The Resilience That Leaders Develop to Sustain Justice and EquityProfessional StrategiesPersonal StrategiesConclusion9.  "The Intricacies and Details": Consciousness, Knowledge, Skills, and Core Traits of Social Justice LeadersAcquiring Broad, Reconceptualized Consciousness, Knowledge, and SkillsPossessing Core Leadership TraitsConclusion10.  "But That's Just Good Leadership": Lessons and Directions for Social Justice LeadershipLessons for Educators"But That's Just Good Leadership"ReferencesIndexAbout the Author

PRAISE FOR THE FIRST EDITION:"Theoharis does a beautiful job at marrying research with practical application that can be utilized by school administrators." - em>Journal of Educational Administration"Presents a hopeful, humanistic, and democratic approach to school reform that many will no doubt wish to replicate." - American School Board Journal"An important book that deserves a wide readership." - Michael W. Apple"A powerful guide for current and future school principals." - Carl Glickman>