ABSTRACT
Chapters 2–7 help readers become more racially aware of how a number of color-evasive, market-driven educational policies and practices operate in school systems. Still, we want readers to use their newfound race-consciousness to then take action to avert the potential inequities these policies cause when implemented. Indeed, in order to engage in these processes, school leaders must lead their staff in developing a vision and common language for what it means to achieve equity in school policy, improvement, and practice. Thus, in this final chapter of the book, we propose an anti-racist policy decision-making protocol educational leaders can use to inform their practices when they confront color-evasive, market-driven policies. Our protocol is similar to an equity audit process where educators work in teams to engage in a cycle of inquiry that involves examining where inequities exist within their district and/or schools and why. However, our decision-making tool helps leaders place race front and center. We also draw from a number of policy analysis models that provide educational leaders with strategies for policy implementation that are equitable and just, discussing how these tools inform our anti-racist decision-making protocol.
