ABSTRACT
The rapid growth of diversity within U.S. schooling and the heightened attention to the lack of equity in student achievement, school completion, and postsecondary attendance has made equity and diversity two of the principle issues in education, educational leadership, and educational leadership research. The Handbook of Research on Educational Leadership for Equity and Diversity is the first research-based handbook that comprehensively addresses the broad diversity in U.S. schools by race, ethnicity, culture, language, gender, disability, sexual identity, and class.
The Handbook both highly values the critically important strengths and assets that diversity brings to the United States and its schools, yet at the same time candidly critiques the destructive deficit thinking, biases, and prejudices that undermine school success for many groups of students. Well-known chapter authors explore diversity and related inequities in schools and the achievement problems these issues present to school leaders. Each chapter reviews theoretical and empirical evidence of these inequities and provides research-based recommendations for practice and for future research. Celebrating the broad diversity in U.S. schools, the Handbook of Research on Educational Leadership for Equity and Diversity critiques the inequities connected to that diversity, and provides evidence-based practices to promote student success for all children.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|104 pages
The Tradition in Educational Leadership
chapter 1|15 pages
Educational Leadership through Equity, Diversity, and Social Justice and Educational Leadership for the Privilege Imperative
chapter 2|21 pages
The Politics of Education
chapter 3|19 pages
Policy, Equity, and Diversity in Global Context
part II|143 pages
Understanding and Working Successfully with the Rich Racial and Ethnic Diversity within U.S. Schools
chapter 6|23 pages
Starting with African American Success
chapter 8|24 pages
American Indian Educational Leadership
part III|155 pages
Understanding and Working Successfully with the Rich Language, Cultural, Social Class, Ability, Gender, and Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity Diversity in U.S. Schools
chapter 11|30 pages
Latino English Language Learners in a Changing Demographic Landscape
chapter 13|18 pages
New Directions for Socially Just Educational Leadership
chapter 14|28 pages
An Exercise in Tempered Radicalism
chapter 15|25 pages
Creating Inclusive Schools for Lgbtiq Youth, Staff, and Families
part IV|105 pages
Research on Equitable and Excellent Schools
part V|86 pages
Critical Issues for Successful Schooling of All Students
chapter 22|20 pages
Race, Class, and Education
chapter 24|27 pages
Intersecting Educational Finance, Politics, and law with Racism
part VI|106 pages
Promoting the Preparation of Successful Leaders for Diverse, Equitable Schools