An astute assessment of the educational leadership skills and leadership development practices that align with deeper learning in K-12 schools. Leadership Preparation for Deeper Learning spotlights educational leaders as key actors in the urgent task of readying students for college, careers, and citizenship in an evolving world. Marjorie ......
Preparing and Sustaining Social Justice Educators spotlights the challenging and necessary work of fostering social justice in schools. Integral to this work are the teachers and school leaders who enact the principles of social justice-racial equity, cultural inclusivity, and identity acceptance-daily in their classrooms. This volume makes the ......
How Schools Enable Sexual Misconduct and How to Stop It
A path to safety for protecting students from educator sexual misconduct, based on lessons learned from decades of past cases In Organizational Betrayal, educational researcher Charol Shakeshaft advocates a system-wide approach for safeguarding K-12 students against educator sexual misconduct. She shows that practical interventions such as ......
Black Educators and Public School Reform in Philadelphia
Not Paved for Us chronicles a fifty-year period in Philadelphia education, and offers a critical look at how school reform efforts do and do not transform outcomes for Black students and educators. This illuminating book offers an extensive, expert analysis of a school system that bears the legacy, hallmarks, and consequences that lie at the ......
A highly accessible and easily adaptable conceptual framework that helps educational leaders plan, leverage, and sustain change as they create more equitable schools. In Navigating Social Justice, Martin Scanlan introduces a comprehensive social justice schema that melds organizational learning with leading for equity. Scanlan distills wisdom ......
A visionary overview of the political role of publicly elected school boards and a proactive take on the work they can accomplish toward social justice In Navigating School Board Politics, Carrie R. Sampson examines the political power of the US education system's publicly elected school boards, the reality of how they apply that power, and the ......
Community College Pathways to Educational and Career Success
An evidence-based approach to community college transformation featuring innovative practices that strengthen offerings and foster student success In More Essential Than Ever, researchers Davis Jenkins, Hana Lahr, John Fink, Serena C. Klempin, and Maggie P. Fay center US community colleges as critical to upward mobility and workforce development ......
An essential, research-driven guide that reimagines what it means to support the well-being of today's college students With concerns about student mental health on the rise, Alexis Redding and contributors draw on expertise across disciplines to offer practical strategies and deep insight for those on the front lines: student affairs ......
Making the Most of Collaborative Time for Educators
What's the scarcest resource in schools? Almost any educator will answer, "Time." The lack of time for colleagues to work together is one of the biggest barriers to improving teaching and learning. All too often, educators also say that the biggest waste of time ismeetings. People in schools attend dozens, if not hundreds, of meetings a year. How ......
