Shatter the System

Candice Dowd Maxwell is the Distinguished Education Equity Fellow and Full Professor at the University of Central Arkansas. She is praised for her ability to work with organizations and schools to strengthen, internalized, and operationalize their equity efforts.

• PrefaceSection 1: Why this Book?1The Effects of Social Conditions on Education 2Definitions and Terms 3Equity Leadership and Social Justice Advocacy4Humility, Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (HDEI) FramingSection 2: Equitable and Social Change Process (ESCP) Model 5Awareness and Affirmation 6Allyship, Advocacy, Access and Activism 7Accountability and Auditing8Commitment to Practice and ClosingAbout the Author

Maxwell, a professor and executive coach, effectively unpacks an equitable social change process model to provide four phases toward achieving equitable and transformative change. Maxwell states that the absence of humility dishonors the dignity of other people and is a direct reflection of how practitioners see themselves. She designed a humility, diversity, equity, and inclusion (HDEI) model and framework for equity leaders engaged in interpersonal skills, which starts with humility as the foundation. Maxwell provides reflexive questions, exercises, and ideas to consider at the end of each chapter for policy makers, professors, school administrators, and teachers to organize their thoughts about the social conditions that have shaped education. This is a must read for novice and experienced educators eager to diagnose and redesign instructional systems to give their students a fair and equitable education. Highly recommended. Advanced undergraduates through faculty; professionals.