Deficit thinking is a pseudoscience founded on racial and class bias. It" blames the victim"
for school failure instead of examining how schools are structured to prevent poor students …

" Perhaps once or twice a decade you read a book that is so lucid, convincing, and
inspirational that you want to order copies for every teacher, administrator, and policymaker …

This timely and essential book provides a comprehensive guide for school leaders who
desire to engage their school communities in transformative systemic change. Sharon I …

Purpose: This article attempts to build a better understanding of the leadership necessary to
create socially just schools for English language learners (ELLs) by addressing these …

In recent decades, the population of immigrants in the United States has steadily increased.
The numbers of foreign-born living in the United States grew from 9.6 million in 1970 to 28.4 …

Purpose: School leaders become arbiters of educational opportunity by shaping how
policies are implemented within their buildings. Yet the role that school leaders play in …

Students of Color and the Achievement Gap is a comprehensive, landmark analysis of an
incontrovertible racialized reality in US K-12 public education---the relentless achievement …

Recent calls for social justice to be a key aspect of principal preparation have been made,
but content related to the efficacy of dual language education has been a neglected area of …

This article examines how a dual language program can be developed within the framework
of social justice leadership. The authors analyzed principal, teacher, and parent interview …

The number of English learners (ELs) in our schools continues to increase, and at the same
time, the academic achievement of ELs consistently lags behind the achievement of native …