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District Leadership for Racial Equity: Lessons From School Systems That Are Closing the Gap

LPI's 'District Leadership for Racial Equity' profiles four school leaders who disrupted disparities and improved outcomes for historically marginalized students. Cases show how change is possible when leaders build capacity & commit to equity & opportunity for all students. This book is available FREE as an open access ebook or for purchase as a physical book.

Reimagining School Integration: Possibilities for the Future.

In Reimagining School Integration: Possibilities for the Future, SIG Member and Professor Allison Roda authors a chapter titled, “Illusions of Racial Equity in Desegregated Schools: Deconstructing and Reconstructing the Hidden Tracking Political Machine to Achieve Integration.”

You can find the link to the book for purchase here.
Classroom Detracking in the US: Examples for School Leadership New research by our SIG Chair, Dr. Margaret Thornton delves into one school’s struggle to balance detracking and student support. Thornton offers valuable insights and poses critical questions for educators using a social justice lens. 
 

You can find a link to the book here and Peter Piazza’s (@PeterTPiazza) post about Dr. Thornton’s new research on the School Diversity Notebook.
 

Schooled and Sorted

 Schooled and Sorted is a compelling and thoughtful exploration of the genesis, purpose, nature, and use of educational categories and the profound and lasting impact they have on the lives of students and society’s social order. The authors provide insights into the connections between the processes and types of educational categorization and societal and educational inequality. The book raises questions and offers suggestions about how we can work collaboratively to reevaluate educational systems and build a more just, equitable, and inclusive society. You can find more information and purchase the book here or here to support local bookstores.