1st Edition

Handbook of Research on Educational Leadership for Equity and Diversity

Edited By Linda C. Tillman, James Joseph Scheurich Copyright 2013
    776 Pages
    by Routledge

    772 Pages
    by Routledge

    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.

    Section I: The Tradition in Educational Leadership: Where We Have Come From and Where We Are Going

    Section Editor: Andrea Evans, Southern Illinois University

    Introduction – Andrea Evans

    1. Educational Leadership through Equity, Diversity, and Social Justice and Educational Leadership for the Privilege Imperative: The Historical Dialectic - Jackie M. Blount (The Ohio State University)

    2. The Politics of Education: Its development and what is needed for the future for advocacy leadership in a post-racial America - Rosemarie Lerma (University of California at Los Angeles), Matt Linick and April Warren Grice (University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign), Laurence Parker (University of Utah),

    3. Policy, Equity, and Diversity in Global Context: Educational Leadership after the Welfare State - Gary Anderson (New York University), Angus Mungal (New York University), Monica Pini (Universidad de San Martin, Buenos Aires, Argentina), Janelle Scott (The University of California, Berkeley), and Patricia Thompson (The University of Nottingham)

    4. Organizational Theories and the Development of Leadership Capacity for Integrated, Socially Just Schools - Colleen A. Capper and Terrence L. Green (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

    5. Distributed Leadership: Contending with Issues of Race, Power, and Inequality -John B. Diamond (Harvard University)  

    Section II: Understanding and Working Successfully with the Rich Racial and Ethnic Diversity within U.S. Schools

    Section Editor: Sylvia Mendez-Morse, Texas Tech University

    Introduction - Sylvia Mendez-Morse

    6. Starting with African American Success: A Strength-Based Approach to Transformative Educational Leadership –Camille M. Wilson (Wayne State University), Ty-Ron M.O. Douglas (University of Missouri-Columbia), Christine Nganga (South Dakota State University)

    7. Latina/o learners and Academic Success: ¡Sí se puede! - Elizabeth Murakami-Ramalho (University of Texas-San Antonio), Fernando Valle (Texas Tech University), Sylvia Mendez-Morse (Texas Tech University)

    8. American Indian Educational Leadership: Context, Conceptions of Leadership, and Practice - Tarajean Yazzie-Mintz (Indiana University)

    9. Asian/America and Education: Problematizing Problems of Knowledge- Thu Sýõng Thị Nguyễn (Indiana University), Pei-Ling Lee (University of Texas-Austin)

    10. Advancing Educational Leadership: Learning from Multiracial Literature – Erica Mohan (University of British Columbia), Leanne Taylor (Brock University), Tera Venzant Chambers (Texas A & M University), Joanne Calore (St. Mary’s College of California

    Section III: Understanding and Working Successfully with the Rich Language, Cultural, Social Class, Ability, Gender, and Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity Diversity in U.S. Schools

    Section Editor: Colleen Capper, University of Wisconsin-Madison

    Introduction – Colleen Capper

    11. Latino English language learners in a changing demographic landscape: Critical issues for school leaders to consider in implementing best practice - – Gerardo Lopez (Loyola University of New Orleans), Lauren Harvey (Indiana Department of Education), and Colleen Chestnut (Indiana University)

    12. Social Class in Education: Implications for Educational Leadership -- Andrew Brantlinger (University of Maryland-College Park) and Ellen Brantlinger

    13. New Directions for Socially Just Educational Leadership: Lessons from Disability Studies - Sarah A. McKinney (Bernalillo Public Schools) and Rebecca J. Lowenhaupt (Northwestern University)  

    14. An Exercise in Tempered Radicalism: Seeking the Intersectionality of Gender, Race, and Sexual Identity in Educational Leadership Research - Karen M. Jackson (University of Utah), Chia-Chee Chiu (University of Wisconsin-Madison), Rosita Lopez (Northern Illinois University), Juanita M. Cleaver Simmons (University of Missouri-Columbia), Linda Skrla (Texas A & M University), Linda Warner (Haskell Indian Nations University)

    15. Creating Inclusive Schools for LGBTIQ Youth, Staff, and Families: Equitable Educational Leadership and Research Practice - Michael O’Malley (Texas State University)

    16. Leadership Promoting Equity and Excellence for Bilingual Students – Martin Scanlan and Francesca Lopez (Marquette University)

    Section IV: Research on Equitable and Excellent Schools: Lessons for Leadership Practice Section Editor: James Earl Davis, Temple University

    Introduction – James Earl Davis

    17. A Quandary for School Leaders: Equity, High-stakes Testing and Accountability -Julian Vasquez-Heilig (University of Texas-Austin), Sharon L. Nichols (University of Texas-San Antonio)

    18. Culturally Responsive Teaching and High-Performing Schools that Serve Diverse Populations - Joseph F. Johnson, Jr., and Christina Willis (San Diego State University)

    19. Educational Leaders as Policy Actors and Equity Advocates - Andrea Evans (University of Illinois-Chicago)

    20. Leadership for More Equitable Schools through Service Integration - Mavis G. Sanders (University of Maryland-Baltimore County) and Jennifer Hembrick-Roberts (Johns Hopkins University)

    21. Leadership for equitable access and transition into higher education - Terrell Strayhorn (The Ohio State University) and James M. DeVita (University of North Carolina-Wilmington)  

    Section V: Critical Issues for Successful Schooling of All Students

    Section Editor: Gerardo R. Lopez, Loyola University of New Orleans

    Introduction – Gerardo R. Lopez

    22. Race, Class, and Education: Lessons for School Leaders from Hurricane Katrina and the Gulf Coast – T. Elon Dancy II (University of Oklahoma), M. Christoper Brown II (Alcorn State University)

    23. Working Toward a 21st Century Framework for Researchers of School Safety Leadership in Practice - Billie Gastic (Beam Youth Collaborative), James Earl Davis (Temple University)

    24. Intersecting educational finance, politics and law with racism: A critical race case analysis - Enrique Aleman (University of Utah)

    25. Legal issues for diverse and equitable schools - Laura McNeal (University of Louisville School of Law), Mark Gooden (University of Texas-Austin)  

    Section VI: Promoting the Preparation of Successful Leaders for Diverse, Equitable Schools

    Section Editor: Michael E. Dantley, Miami University of Ohio

    Introduction – Michael E. Dantley

    26. Preparing Leaders to Reculture Schools as Inclusive Communities of Practice- Kristina Hesbol (Illinois State University)

    27. CULTURE-BASED LEADERSHIP AND PREPARATION: A QUALITATIVE META-SYNTHESIS OF THE LITERATURE - Vonzell Agosto, , Leila Dias, Nikia Kaiza (University of South Florida), Patricia Alvarez McHatton (Kennesaw State University), Donna Elam (University of South Florida)

    28. Rethinking the Universal Approach to the Preparation of School Leaders: Cultural Proficiency and Beyond - Noni Mendoza-Reis and Arlando Smith (San Jose State University)

    29. Evaluating Social Justice Leadership Preparation - Monica Byrne-Jiminez (Hofstra University), Margaret Terry Orr (Bank Street College of Education)

    Biography

    Linda C. Tillman is Professor of Educational Leadership at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

    James Joseph Scheurich is Professor and the Coordinator of the Urban Education Studies program at Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis.

    "Tillman and Scheurich and their diverse set of contributors to this Handbook accomplish a weighty task. In light of the cumulative pressures of high-stakes accountability and framing of growing racial, socioeconomic and linguistic diversity as problems to be solved by school leaders, these scholars call on a field grounded in traditional, narrow conceptions of leadership to rethink and reframe its conceptualizations of what it means to lead schools in a way that values diversity and difference. They establish a strong research base on which educational leaders, broadly defined, should take suggestions to heart as they seek to address legacies of exclusion, segregation, bias and discrimination. Through their bold critique of leadership as usual and recommendations for inclusive leadership practice in the future, they not only expand our knowledge of what it means to lead for social justice, but demonstrate how socially conscious research on educational leadership can work to resist the privilege imperative." ― Sonya Horsford, George Mason University, Teachers College Record