Where Equity Lives
Eliminating Systemic Inequity Traps In Schools And Districts
Robin Avelar La Salle and Ruth S. Johnson
This book is for education leaders who do not accept that the underachievement of African American, Latino, Indigenous, low-income, and other vulnerable student groups is inevitable. Where Equity Lives: Eliminating Systemic Inequity Traps in Schools and Districts is the result of 25 years of studying over 300 schools and districts struggling to overturn the longstanding pattern of underachievement of the same demographic groups. This book is a reveal of the five most common systemic inequity traps identified through the Study of Studies that help explain historic achievement patterns. The authors lay out achievable paths of possibilities for education leaders to reverse decades of underachievement. Actionable insights are shared through real-life stories of schools and districts that struggled with and took action to address each of these traps. Chapters contain equity hooks — easy to remember cues of complete, complex, and nuanced leadership takeaways. Online templates are available for teams of leaders to apply the guidance from each chapter to your school system so that vulnerable students arrive at the spot where equity lives, that magnificent place where demographics no longer predict achievement.
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Actionable Tools
We invite you and your team to work together to use these online templates to think more deeply about the implications of all the systemic inequity traps in your school or district. Use these templates to identify and plan how to shatter these harmful practices and policies.
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- Chapter 1 – Symbolic Data Systems – Equity Hook: The Emperor Has No Clothes!
- Chapter 2 – Baby Steps Planning – Equity Hook: Backcast, Don’t Forecast
- Chapter 3 – New Tracking – Equity Hook: A Rose by Any Other Name…
- Chapter 4 – The Christmas Tree Effect – Equity Hook: The Thing of the Thing
- Chapter 5 – Misaligned Leadership – Equity Hook: Equity Leadership Columns
If you wish to complete and use the tools offline, you may download a PDF copy of the tools here: Actionable Tools PDF
Shattering Inequities
Real-World Wisdom for School and District Leaders
For education leaders who believe that all students deserve the premium education that only some currently experience, Shattering Inequities: Real-World Wisdom for School and District Leaders shows how your leadership can provide equitable outcomes for our most vulnerable students. Chapters include examples of actual equity leaders and leadership lessons as easily retrievable equity hooks—memory cues of complete, complex, and nuanced leadership takeaways. In the throes of educational transformation, the book’s examples provide leaders with practical ways to quickly and effectively infuse substantive thoughtfulness into common equity challenges and inspire equity-driven action to ensure that demographics do not determine destiny. An excellent guide for teachers, administrators, or anyone who wants to turn good intentions into reality for the children they serve.
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