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

by Alan M. Blankstein, Pedro A. Noguera, Lorena Kelly

Excellence Through Equity is an inspiring look at how real-world educators are creating schools where all students are able to thrive. In these schools, educators understand that equity is not about treating all children the same. They are deeply committed to ensuring that each student receives what he or she individually needs to develop their full potential—and succeed.

To help educators with what can at times be a difficult and challenging journey, Blankstein and Noguera frame the book with five guiding principles of Courageous

* Getting to your core
* Making organizational meaning
* Ensuring constancy and consistency of purpose
* Facing the facts and your fears
* Building sustainable relationships

They further emphasize that the practices are grounded in three important areas of research that are too often (1) child development, (2) neuroscience, and (3) environmental influences on child development and learning.

You’ll hear from Carol Corbett Burris, Michael Fullan, Marcus J. Newsome, Paul Reville, Susan Szachowicz, and other bold practitioners and visionary thinkers who share compelling and actionable ideas, strategies, and experiences for closing the achievement gap in your classrooms and school.

Ensuring that all students receive an education that cultivates their talents and potential is in all our common interest. As Andy Hargreaves writes in the “The opportunity for all Americans is to articulate and believe in an inspiring vision of educational change that is about what the next generation of America and Americans should become, not about a target or ranking that the nation should attain."

Genres: Education, Nonfiction, Teaching, Leadership, Professional Development, School

304 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 24, 2015

Reviews

[Leah · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really great read. Lots of tangible takeaways. Will be using this!

[Jenna · Rating 5 out of 5]

While I was assigned to read this text I did appreciate the timeliness of it. The message is well received in that there is plenty of work to be done because there are schools that are leaps and bounds ahead of my own. We can talk all we want about the concept of equity, but we don't have any follow-through.

[Mary · Rating 3 out of 5]

A great variety of essays on achieving excellence in public schools through equitable practices for all students.

[Trina R. · Rating 5 out of 5]

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[Michelle Picard · Rating 5 out of 5]

An excellent compendium of articles from around the country on what’s working with a look to the future!!

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[Katherine Bowers · Rating 5 out of 5]

A helpful overview of the concept of equity in schools.

[Brandy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lots of examples of equity with very little practical use.

[Sheila · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very applicable to anyone wondering how equity can be achieved.

[Joe · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a collection of stories from change makers in schools. Performance assessment, de-tracking, literacy development. And more. Good examples and high level description of each.

[W Charles · Rating 4 out of 5]

A follow up to Failure is not an Option, this book expands on the first book, but adds the critical importance of equity. Excellent follow up to the first book.