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

Courageous, inspiring examples of educational equity in action

School leaders know that the journey to equity can involve turmoil and controversy. This illuminating book demonstrates how in the most effective schools here and worldwide, equity is the most powerful means we have to lift all children to higher achievement. The authors challenge the "zero sum" myth head-on, arguing that equity is truly the path to excellence - for low AND high-achieving students, and our educational system overall. 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. Readers will find 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. As you strive to close gaps, succeed with all students, and lead equity initiatives in your school or district, turn to this guide for invaluable support and perspective from inspiring, effective, and award-winning leaders. "A movement is born out of the convergence of dire conditions, a powerful idea, and people committed to carrying out that idea.
This landmark (work) by Alan M. Blankstein and Pedro Noguera, may be a catalyst to such a movement."
-Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Arch Bishop Desmond Tutu

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1483392783
• ISBN13: 9781483392783
• Release Date: February 2015
• Publisher: Corwin
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.0" x 0.8" x 7.0"