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Pak, Katie, Ed.; Ravitch, Sharon M., Ed. – Teachers College Press, 2021
Educational leaders confront instances of inequity every day, whether they are aware of it or not. Many find themselves inadequately reacting to such issues due in part to traditional preparation programs that fail to interrogate the existence and impact of systems of oppression. Why is naming and tackling inequity not at the forefront of every…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Praxis, Educational Change, Social Change
Rodriguez, Sophia, Ed.; Conchas, Gilberto Q., Ed. – Teachers College Press, 2022
Beyond the commonplace inequalities that many minoritized youth face in the United States, the post-Trump contemporary moment has created rampant racialized material and symbolic violence occurring against Latinx, immigrant and undocumented immigrant, Asian American, and African American populations. "Race Frames in Education" advances…
Descriptors: Race, Racial Differences, Equal Education, Public Policy
Williamson, Peter, Ed.; Appleman, Deborah, Ed. – Teachers College Press, 2021
This important volume examines how and why increasing numbers of students, disproportionately youth of color, are being taken from our schools and put into our prisons. Williamson and Appleman, along with a collection of scholars, teacher educators, K-12 teachers, an administrator, and an incarcerated student, offer their perspectives on how…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Advocacy, Social Justice, Minority Group Students
Fahey, Kevin; Breidenstein, Angela; Ippolito, Jacy; Hensley, Frances – Teachers College Press, 2019
This book is for educators who believe that schools need to be improved and are hopeful that real change can be achieved. The authors argue that if educators want to create more equitable, socially just, and learner-focused schools, then they need a more robust, transformational theory of school change--an UnCommon Theory. After describing the…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Theories, Educational Improvement, Standards
Anderson, Gary L.; Cohen, Michael Ian – Teachers College Press, 2018
How do market-driven reforms and the privatization of public education reshape the professional identities of teachers and school leaders? This timely and accessible book examines two waves of business influence that created models of schooling that are out of touch with the experiences of students, the professional expertise of teachers, and the…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Privatization, Democracy, Democratic Values
Takanishi, Ruby – Teachers College Press, 2016
Challenging policymakers, educators, reformers, and citizens to replace piecemeal reforms with fundamental redesign, "First Things First!" calls for a different way of organizing the American primary school. Ruby Takanishi outlines a new framework for integrating early education with primary education (pre-K-5), including both short- and…
Descriptors: Primary Education, Elementary Schools, Educational Innovation, Educational Change