Walking the Equity Talk: A Guide for Culturally Courageous Leadership in School Communities / Edition 1

by John R. Browne

Overview

Take bold steps to achieve both equitable learning opportunities and educational outcomes!

If you’re serious about making sure students of all backgrounds are on a level playing field, then it is time to start walking the equity talk. John Robert Browne II shows how Culturally Courageous Leadership can help you:

• Develop realistic, data-based plans for putting equity initiatives into action
• Work with teacher, parent, student, and community leaders to advance equity and excellence
• Empower staff and stakeholders through collaborative leadership
• Navigate the politics when addressing identity, race, culture, language, and poverty issues

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781412997812
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	06/21/2012
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	408
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 9.90(h) x 1.00(d)

Table of Contents

List of Figures, Charts, and Vignettes
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Introduction to the Guide
Section I: Leadership for Equitable Outcomes—It Takes an Entire Community
1. Identity, Teaching, and Learning
2. The Absence of Cultural Democracy
3. Grim Continuities
4. Rhetoric vs. Reality
5. Biases
6. Barriers
Section II: Culturally Courageous Leadership—A Paradigm for Contemporary Realities
7. A New Paradigm for the 21st Century
8. Seven Principles
9. Transformation and Politics
10. Stakeholder Practices
11. Promising Departures
12. Two Leadership Profiles
Section III: Making It Real
13. Defusing the Political Landmines
14. Three Equity Warriors
15. Practicing the "Equity Walk "
16. The Time Is Here, the Time Is Now
Appendix 1: Facilitator Notes for Chapters 1 Through 15
Appendix 2: Culturally Courageous Leadership Diagnostic Questionnaires
References
Index

Editorial Reviews

"Browne answers practitioners’ 'So what?' and 'What now?' questions that arise after analyzing data. I highly recommend this book for teachers, counselors, site and district administrators, parents, and any other stakeholders interested in using data as a tool to identify gaps in access and opportunities for success in school and beyond. "

Tonia Causey-Bush

"John Browne makes an important contribution to the conversation about educational leadership for equity, presenting us with the inescapable challenge of becoming culturally courageous. Browne's work provides valuable insights into the complexity of the issues educational leaders must confront to create more equitable schools. He partners these insights with pragmatic, strategic approaches so that we might all be more culturally courageous leaders. "

Jeff Duncan-Andrade

  "Browne adds unique perspectives toward 'equity capacity building' for educational leaders and institutions in better meeting the learning needs of underachieving students of color and poverty, including compelling real-life examples of culturally courageous leadership, an impressive blend of theory and practice, and an analytical style that is action-focused."

Geneva Gay

"Equity warriors everywhere will find this useful resource packed with effective strategies, user-friendly processes, and helpful tools. "

Jennifer Frentress

"If your work environment challenges you to step outside of your comfort zone, this book will help you to be successful there. It is relatively easy to be a leader when everyone sees one another through the same cultural lens. John Browne helps you to develop the understanding, attitudes, and behaviors of a leader who cares about results and seeks to engage effectively with the people who will deliver them. In this book you will be challenged, inspired, and encouraged as you work to become a culturally courageous leader. "

Kikanza J. Nuri-Robins

This sorely needed book is an invaluable source of ideas, strategies, and insights for new, future, and practicing administrators who are interested in pursuing an equity agenda for their schools and districts.

Sonia Nieto