Walking the equity talk : a guide for culturally courageous leadership in school communities / John Robert Browne II.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Browne, John Robert, II

Series:

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational equalization--United States.

Educational equalization.

Education and state--United States.

Education and state.

Educational leadership--United States.

Educational leadership.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 385 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Corwin, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This practical guide is designed help increase the willingness and political savvy of all adult school community stakeholders to successfully implement equity reforms. It proposes a bold new leadership paradigm that facilitates the adoption of the values, beliefs, attitudes and skills needed to achieve equitable educational outcomes.

Contents:

Introduction to the guide

section I. Leadership for equitable outcomes - it takes an entire community

1. Identity, teaching, and learning

2. The absence of cultural democracy

3. Grim continuities

4. Rhetoric vs. reality

5. Biases

6. Barriers

section II. Culturally courageous leadership - a paradigm for contemporary realities

7. A new paradigm for the 21st century

8. Seven principles

9. Transformation and politics

10. Stakeholder practices

11. Promising departures

12. Two leadership profiles

section III. Making it real

13. Defusing the political land mines

14. Three equity warriors

15. Practicing the "equity walk"

16. The time is here, the time is now.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781452283746

1452283745

9781452279312

1452279314

9781452275468

1452275467

OCLC:

839389102