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    The School Leaders Our Children Deserve
    Seven Keys to Equity, Social Justice, and School Reform

    George Theoharis (Author), Lynda Tredway (Foreword by)

    9780807769638

    Hardback, published 26 April 2024

    224 pages
    23.5 x 16.2 x 1.6 cm, 0.272 kg

    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>

    This is the updated edition of the bestselling seminal book on school leadership, equity, and social justice. Drawing on the experiences and words of successful public-school principals, Theoharis shows why social justice leadership is needed and how it can be effective in creating more equitable schools. Although they faced tremendous barriers, the principals featured in this book made important strides toward closing the outcome and opportunity gaps in their schools by using inclusive, equitable practices. Featuring a mix of theory and practical strategies, this edition has been updated with new examples and frameworks relevant to today's leaders. Responding to the current context of national resistance to issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion, this timely book portrays how real school leaders seek, create, and sustain equitable schools, especially for marginalized students.

    The School Leaders Our Children Deserve identifies seven keys that are crucial for social justice leadership:

    Key 1: Acquire Broad, Reconceptualized Consciousness/Knowledge/Skill Base

    Key 2: Possess Core Leadership Traits

    Key 3: Advance Inclusion, Access, and Opportunity for All

    Key 4: Improve the Core Learning Context--Both the Teaching and the Curriculum

    Key 5: Create a Climate of Belonging

    Key 6: Increase Student Learning

    Key 7: Sustain Oneself Professionally and Personally

    Book Features:

    • Grounds the lofty ideals of equity and social justice in the daily work of school leadership.
    • Provides rich and abundant examples, ideas, and strategies for how to be a school leader committed to issues of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging.
    • Includes a new focus on culturally sustaining leadership and how disability studies inform practice.
    • Offers an examination of how leaders conduct equity audits to improve outcomes for minoritized students.
    • Shows how leaders navigate challenges to diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives in their communities.

    • Contents (Tentative)

    Acknowledgments

    Forward by Lynda Tredway

    Note on Methodology

    1.  School Leadership and Social Justice

  • Barriers to School Success
  • Social Justice Leadership as an Effective Alternative to School-as-Usual
  • Organization and Content of the Book
  • A Framework for Social Justice Leadership
  • Conclusion

    2.  The Seven Social Justice Principals and Their Schools

  • Introducing the Principals and Their Schools
  • Conclusion

    3.  "There Is No Social Justice Without Inclusion": Advancing Inclusion, Access, and Opportunity for All

  • The Connection Between Inclusion and Social Justice
  • Strategies That Advanced Inclusion, Access, and Opportunity for All
  • Conclusion

    4.  "Changing How We Teach, What We Teach, and How We Approach Schooling": Improving the Core Learning Context

  • The Connection Between Improving the Core Learning Context and Social Justice
  • Strategies to Improve the Core Learning Context—Both the Teaching and the Curriculum
  • Conclusion

    5.  "Connecting and Respecting": Creating a Climate of Belonging

  • The Connection Between a Climate of Belonging and Social Justice
  • Strategies That Create a Climate of Belonging
  • Conclusion

    6.  Closing the Opportuntiy Gap and Increasing Student Learning: Toward a Theory of Socially Just School Reform

  • The Connection Between Increasing Student Learning and Social Justice
  • Increasing Student Learning
  • Toward a Theory of Socially Just School Reform

    7.  "At Every Turn": The Barriers Faced by Social Justice Principals

  • Barriers Within the School Site
  • Barriers at the District Level
  • Barriers at the Institutional Level
  • Consequences of the Barriers
  • Conclusion

    8.  "Saving My Sanity": The Resilience That Leaders Develop to Sustain Justice and Equity

  • Professional Strategies
  • Personal Strategies
  • Conclusion

    9.  "The Intricacies and Details": Consciousness, Knowledge, Skills, and Core Traits of Social Justice Leaders

  • Acquiring Broad, Reconceptualized Consciousness, Knowledge, and Skills
  • Possessing Core Leadership Traits
  • Conclusion

    10.  "But That's Just Good Leadership": Lessons and Directions for Social Justice Leadership

  • Lessons for Educators
  • "But That's Just Good Leadership"

    References

    Index

    About the Author

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