Table of Contents

About the NAME Series
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Jasmine Williams
Chapter 1: First, A Look Inside: Educational Leadership Student Perspectives on a Social
Foundations Course
Candace Thompson and Susan Catapono
Chapter 2: Rocky Boats and Rainbows: Culturally Responsive Leadership from the Margin – An
Autoethnography
Ann E. Lopez
Chapter 3: Change your school, change the world: The Role of School Leaders in implementing
School Wide Restorative Justice and Relational Pedagogies
Martha Brown and Katherine Evans
Chapter 4: White High School Administrators as Racial Advisors
Byron Davis
Chapter 5: Changing Staff Attitudes through Leadership Development and Equity Teams
Michelle Yvonne Szpara
Chapter 6: Building Bridges or Isolating Families: When School Policies Conflict with Cultural Beliefs, Values, and Ways of Knowing
María L. Gabriel
Chapter 7: Principals, School Climate, and Social Justice: How State Compliance with National Initiatives May Not be Enough
Susan L. Dodd
Chapter 8: Learning from Teachers: Critically Conscious Educational Leadership for Engaging
Diverse Families in Title I Schools
Cherrel Miller Dyce and Buffie Longmire-Avital
About the Editors
About the Contributors
Index

About the Author

Ashraf Esmail serves as the Proposal Review Lead and serves on the Publication Committee for the National Association for Multicultural Education. He is the senior editor for the Journal of Education and Social Justice and the International Journal of Leadership, Education, and Business Studies.


Abul Pitre is professor of educational leadership at Prairie View A&M University, where he teaches courses in multicultural education and leadership. He was appointed Edinboro University’s first named professor for his outstanding work in African-American education and held the distinguished title of the Carter G. Woodson Professor of Education.


Antonette Aragon is an associate professor in the School of Education and the Center for Educator Preparation at Colorado State University. Utilizing feminist theory, critical race theory, LatCrit, culturally responsive teaching, and social justice emphasizing understandings of self, systemic inequities and cultural awareness, her scholarship is located at the intersections of social justice equity, educational policy and leadership, technology, and cultural relevant education. She has articles in journals including Urban Education, Multicultural Education & Technology, Teaching Education, Multicultural Teaching and Learning, and Journal of Hispanic Higher Education.

Reviews

This book serves as an excellent source for educational leaders to incorporate multicultural education in our schools.  It provides and discusses effective strategies for leaders to ensure that all students are receiving equitable educational opportunities.
*Dr. Rose Duhon-Sells, Founder, National Association for Multicultural Education*

Perspectives on Diversity, Equity, and Social Justice in Educational Leadership highlights the various ways in which educational leaders can implement school policies and practices to alleviate pressing and persistent academic disparities rooted in structural inequalities. Informed by theoretical approaches to transform schooling, these authors demonstrate the various ways in which education for social justice can be made tangible and concrete. In doing so, these authors provide a vision of possibility aimed at equitable schooling for educational leaders to make a difference within their spheres of influence. This volume promises to be a must read for those for whom the praxis of social justice in schooling is a compelling imperative. 
*Francisco Rios, Dean and Professor, Woodring College of Education*