Excellence Through Equity: Five Principles of Courageous Leadership to Guide Achievement for Every Student

Synopsis

In This Ground-breaking Anthology, Renowned Authors Noguera And Blankstein Pair Leading-edge Ideas From Award-winning Educational Scholars, Visionaries, And Practitioners With Powerful Case Studies From Multicultural K-12 Settings At All Levels Of The System Who Have Pursued Equity Goals And Closed Instructional And Achievement Gaps. Included Are: Examples Of High-leverage Practices Used By Award-winning Schools And Districts, Including De-tracking, Leadership Capacity Development And Deployment To Build Teacher Efficacy And Close Gaps Between Schools, And Successful Innovations In Curriculum And Assessment Design; Powerful Classroom Practices That Lead To Success For Ell, Special Ed And Underserved Students As Well As For Their More Privileged Peers; System-level Examples By Michael Fullan, Paul Reville And Others Of How Excellence Was Achieved Through Equity At District, State And Provincial Levels; A Powerful Concluding Chapter By Andy Hargreaves On How Other Nations Have Used Educational Equity As A Driver For Extraordinary Educational And Economic Gains.