Urban educational leadership for social justice international perspectives
By: edited by Jeffrey S. Brooks, Monash University, Melanie C. Brooks, University of Idaho
Series: Educational leadership for social justice book series
Publisher: Information Age Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Charlotte, NC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 322
ISBN-13: 9781681231761; 9781681231778; 9781681231785
Subjects: Cross-cultural studies; Study and teaching; Urban schools; Educational leadership; Social justice; Administration
Table of contents: title: Designing Democratic Community / Lisa A. W. Kensler; title: The Impact of No Child Left Behind on the Achievement Gap : A Decade View of Hampton Roads Area School Districts in Virginia / Whitney Sherman Newcomb and Kerry Robinson; title: Widening Participation in Higher Education in England : The Significance of Educational Leadership / Michael F Watts; title: Sustaining Social Justice : Strategies Urban Principals Develop to Advance Justice and Equity While Facing Resistance / George Theoharis; title: Effective Leadership in a Culturally Diverse Learning Environment / Tim Grothaus, Karen S. Crum, and Anita B. James; title: The Components of an Effective Mentoring Program From Turkish School Leaders' Perspective / Adem Bayar; title: Segregation and Poverty : Impacts on Reading Achievement and Leadership Implications / Jennifer Clayton, Karen Sanzo, and Angela Rhett; title: Leadership of Thai Public School Secondary Principals in an Era of Education Reform and Cultural Unrest / Ekkarin Sungtong, Margaret Grogan, and Brendan Maxcy; title: Unpacking Replicative and Transformative Approaches to Social Justice in Canada and the United States : Administrators' Perspectives / Brenda J. McMahon and Denise Armstrong; title: Sowing Seeds of Oppression for African American Education : Destiny or Design? / Curtis Williams and Jeffrey S. Brooks; title: Revisiting Distributed Leadership : Examining the Risks of "Democratic" Participation for an Immigrant and Refugee Community / Thu Suong Thi Nguyen and Brendan D. Maxcy; title: Teaching in Cairo : Exploring Gender, Social Class, and Workplace Relationships / Melanie C. Brooks; title: Relational Leadership, Social Justice, and Spirituality Among Female Secondary School Leaders in Urban and Suburban Contexts / Gaëtane Jean-Marie and Anthony H. Normore; title: Cracking the Code : Illuminating the Promises and Pitfalls of Social Justice in Educational Leadership / Floyd D. Beachum and Carlos R. McCray.