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 land mines -- 14. Three equity warriors -- 15. Practicing the "equity walk" -- 16. The time is here, the time is now
Summary
This practical guide is designed help increase the willingness and political savvy of all adult school community stakeholders to successfully implement equity reforms. It proposes a bold new leadership paradigm that facilitates the adoption of the values, beliefs, attitudes and skills needed to achieve equitable educational outcomes
