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OverviewPromoting equity and improvement science has seen increased attention over the last several years as educators seek to expand the experiences, opportunities, and outcomes for marginalized students. This book shows school and district leaders how to create the conditions needed to use improvement science--with its robust collection of tools, resources, and processes--to achieve equity. Readers will find information about equity, continuous improvement, and the psychology of change that can be used to productively and respectfully engage all stakeholders. Chapters include the rationale for employing improvement science to pursue equity; advice for developing the dispositions of an equity-focused leader who thinks differently about power, possibility, and measurement; and guidance for facilitating conversations in the service of equitable improvement. Equitable School Improvement is important reading for teachers, coaches, principals, central office leaders, and any educator who wants to be part of creating a more socially just educational system for our children. Book Features: Elaborates on the habits and practices that need to be developed if educators are to overcome the significant barriers to talk about transformation in the service of equity. Focuses on the human side of change, including honoring people and their stories and dismantling power structures that interfere with change. Provides guidance to leaders at all levels for creating the conditions for equity-focused improvement work. Moves beyond deficit perspectives and outmoded tropes, such as goals have agency, teachers are resistant, and race causes low achievement. Makes the tools contained in improvement science more accessible to today's equity leaders. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Rydell Harrison , Isobel StevensonPublisher: Teachers' College Press Imprint: Teachers' College Press ISBN: 9780807769591ISBN 10: 0807769592 Pages: 176 Publication Date: 26 April 2024 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsContents (Tentative) Preface Acknowledgments 1. Iterative Justice Why Read This Book Mental Models and Institutional Logics Improving Together What Do We Mean by Equity and Why Do We Want It? Why Improvement and Science and Equity Have More in Common Than You Might Think Values That Run Through This Book 2. Centering the Experiences of Students Student Centered vs. Centering Students Belonging and Identity Marginalized Group Identity Social Homelessness Empathy and Empathy Interviews Focus Groups At Your Desk or In the Halls 3. Dispositions of the Liberatory Improver Background on Dispositions Dispositions in Improvement Science Dispositions of Equity Leaders in Education Dispositions of Liberatory Improvers At Your Desk or In the Halls 4. The Adjacent Possible Limitations of Traditional Mental Models Leveraging the Adjacent Possible At Your Desk or In the Halls 5. Beliefs About Change and About People Attribution Defensive Routines Bias and Psychological Distance Mindsets Self-Efficacy and Stereotype Threat Identity Motivation Goals and Accountability Psychological Safety At Your Desk or In the Halls 6. Dismantling Traditional Power Structures Traditional Power Structures Rationalization of Power Power and the Perception of Rightness Infantilization and Blame Interrogating the Status Quo Renegotiating Power Embracing Transformative Change Time as a Tool of Power Liberatory Power Sharing At Your Desk or In the Halls 7. Broadening Our Concept of Data Data Contaminated by History A Test-Based Theory of Action Poor Assumptions and Unintended Consequences Reconfiguring Data Teams to Make Better Use of Data and Empower Teachers A Word on Equity Audits At Your Desk or In the Halls 8. The Absolute Necessity of Conversation Why Conversations About Race Are So Difficult The Privilege of Comfort Conversation Skills Conversation: Where the Big Ideas Come Together At Your Desk or in the Halls Epilogue References Index About the AuthorReviewsAuthor InformationRydell Harrison and Isobel Stevenson are program coordinators at Partners for Educational Leadership in West Hartford, CT. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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