Leadership for Equity and Excellence: Creating High-Achievement Classrooms, Schools, and Districts [Paperback]

This guide encourages school leaders and teachers to develop creative strategies for student equity and advancement using tools like accountability, equity audits, and proactive redundancy.

This guide encourages school leaders and teachers to develop creative strategies for student equity and advancement using tools like accountability, equity audits, and proactive redundancy.

It brings into focus the many aspects of equity and equality in one source. It makes an excellent base for some meaningful discussion of these issues by those working with aspiring educator leaders, as well as those already in the field.

Foreword - Carl D. Glickman
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
1. Working on the Dream
What We Will Cover in the Book
2. Learning To Believe the Dream Is Possible
Barriers to Believing
Learning to Believe
Conclusion
3. Standards and Curriculum
Why Use Standards?
The Necessity of Curriculum Alignment
How Allignment of Standards and Curriculum Works in Creating Equitable and Excellent Schools
Conclusion
4. Instruction and Classroom Climate
High Expectations and Respect
Culturally Responsive Teaching
Loving and Caring in the Classroom
Democratic, Collaborative Teaching Environments
Continual Development of Content Expertise
Discipline Problems Are Largely a Function of Inequity, a Lack of Caring, and Weak Instruction
Conclusion
5. Accountability and Appropriate Data Usage
Avoiding the Test Factory Response to Accountability
Using Accountability Positively for Equitable and Excellent Schooling