Solving Disproportionality and Achieving Equity

Acknowledgments About the Author Introduction Changing Landscape of Teaching Force and Its Effect on Disproportionality The Backdrop of the Integration Project Framework Organization of the Book Sample Road Map for Creating an Equity-Driven School Chapter 1. Social Integration and Intensified Segregation Leading to Disproportionality Post-Brown v. Topeka Board of Education Integration Patterns Integration Project: Patterns of Student Enrollment Demographics Integration Project: Patterns of Teacher and Principal Demographics Chapter 2. Knowing the Bias-Based Beliefs in Disproportionality Bias-Based Beliefs in Pedagogy and School Practice: How Does It Show Up in Schools? Colorblindness Belief Deficit-Thinking Belief Poverty-Disciplining Belief Chapter 3. Leadership Inquiry Skills for Building Equity Focus Section 1: Understanding Your Data and Data System Capacity Section 2: Practicing Analysis and Interpretation of Data: Case Studies Chapter 4. A Process for Identifying Disproportionality and Building an Equity Plan Step 1: Identifying Your Starting Place Step 2: Root Cause Process for Understanding Disproportionality Problems Step 3: Monitoring Equity Work: 3- to 5-Year Span of Work Step 4: Progress-Monitoring Tools: Monthly Data Calendar Additional Equity Examinations Chapter 5. Building an Equity Belief School Climate Leading Equity Competency 1: Know How to Manage Race Dialogues Leading Equity Competency 2: Know How to Manage the Comfortable and Uncomfortable Tensions of Learning and Practice Stage 1 Activities: Building Universal Equity Principles Stage 2 Activities: Monthly or Quarterly Sessions on Bias-Based Beliefs Other Ongoing Activities for Replacing Biased Beliefs Application Activities Appendixes 1. Data Inventory Worksheet 2. Planning Sheet for Addressing Beliefs and Building Equity Principles 3. Exit Ticket 4. Definitions of Educational Equity Worksheet 5. Applying Definitions of Educational Equity 6. Applying Definitions of Educational Equity: Homework Worksheet 7. Building Our Universal Equity Principles Worksheet 8. Shifting Deficit-Thinking Worksheet 9. Shifting Deficit-Thinking Survey Worksheet 10. Definition Flashcards 11. Shifting Poverty-Disciplining Belief Statements Worksheet 12. Shifting Poverty-Disciplining Belief Statements Survey Worksheet 13. Meritocracy Line Exercise 14. Dual-Axis Model of Vulnerability 15. Dual-Axis Model of Vulnerability Application Worksheet 16. Racial Timeline Worksheet 17. Racial and Ethnic Group Worksheet 18. Shifting Common Colorblindness Statements Worksheet 19. Shifting Common Colorblindness Statements Survey Worksheet 20. Cultural Responsibility Beliefs Worksheet 21. Looking at Books Worksheet 22. Observing Classroom Environments Worksheet 23. Equity Resources for Curricular, Culture/Climate, and Instruction References Index