This influential book describes the knowledge and skills teachers and school administrators need to recognize and combat bias and inequity that undermine educational engagement for students experiencing poverty. Featuring important revisions based on newly available research and lessons from the authors professional development work, this Second Edition includes: a new chapter outlining the dangers of grit and deficit perspectives as responses to educational disparities; three updated chapters of research-informed, on-the-ground strategies for teaching and leading with equity literacy; and…mehr
This influential book describes the knowledge and skills teachers and school administrators need to recognize and combat bias and inequity that undermine educational engagement for students experiencing poverty. Featuring important revisions based on newly available research and lessons from the authors professional development work, this Second Edition includes: a new chapter outlining the dangers of grit and deficit perspectives as responses to educational disparities; three updated chapters of research-informed, on-the-ground strategies for teaching and leading with equity literacy; and expanded lists of resources and readings to support transformative equity work in high-poverty and mixed-class schools. Written with an engaging, conversational style that makes complex concepts accessible, this book will help readers learn how to recognize and respond to even the subtlest inequities in their classrooms, schools, and districts.
Paul C. Gorski is associate professor in the School of Integrative Studies (SIS) at George Mason University and the founder of EdChange (www.EdChange.org).
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Contents Series Foreword James A. Banks xiii Acknowledgments xix 1. Introduction 1 A Place to Start: Important Shifts in Understanding 3 Definitions and Distinctions 8 The Remainder of the Book 12 Reflection Questions and Exercises 13 2. Imagining Equitable Classrooms and Schools for Students Experiencing Poverty: An Equity Literacy Approach 14 Introducing Equity Literacy 20 Frameworks That Help Inform Equity Literacy 23 What the “Equity” Means in Equity Literacy 24 The Five Abilities of Equity Literacy 28 Equity Literacy Principles for Educators 33 Conclusion 43 Reflection Questions and Exercises 43 3. The Economic Injustice Mess We’re In: A Class and Poverty Primer 44 Poverty Awareness Quiz 44 An Introduction to Poverty, Wealth, and Economic Inequality 47 The Unequal Distribution of Poverty 54 Conclusion 62 Reflection Questions and Exercises 63 4. Ditching Deficit Ideology and Quitting Grit: Embracing a Structural View of Poverty and Education 64 Poverty Attribution and the Importance of Ideology 64 The Dangers of Deficit Ideology 69 Meet Deficit Ideology’s Cousin, Grit 70 The Hope of Structural Ideology 73 An Exercise in Structural Framing and Language 75 Conclusion 77 Reflection Questions and Exercises 77 5. The Misunderstandings and Myths That Misdirect Equity Efforts in Schools 79 Debunking the “Culture of Poverty” and Other Absurd Notions 81 A Hint of Truth? The Nature of Poverty Stereotyping 83 Misperceivers Are We: Questioning Common Stereotypes About Families Experiencing Poverty 86 The Dangers of Stereotypes 96 Conclusion 97 Reflection Questions and Exercises 98 6. Class Inequities Beyond School Walls and Why They Matter at School 99 The Unlevel Playing Field of Poverty 101 Why the “Achievement Gap” Is Really an Opportunity Gap 114 Conclusion 115 Reflection Questions and Exercises 116 7. How Schools Punish Poverty: Learning to Recognize the Achievement—er, Opportunity—Gap 117 How Schools Punish Poverty: The Great Unequalizer? 120 Opportunity Gaps, Neoliberal School Reform, and Attacking “DEI” 133 Conclusion 137 Reflection Questions and Exercises 138 8. Teaching Students Experiencing Poverty in Effective, Equitable, and Even Data-Informed Ways: Curricular and Pedagogical Strategies 139 A Couple Caveats 139 Instructional Strategies That Work 140 Conclusion 162 Reflection Questions and Exercises 163 9. The Mother of All Strategies: Nurturing Equity-Informed Relationships With Students and Families 164 Equity-Informed Relational Commitments 165 Conclusion 180 Reflection Questions and Exercises 180 10. Cultivating School Change Through Equity Literacy: Commitments and Strategies for School and District Leaders 182 Shaping Institutional Culture Around an Ethic of Equity 184 Cultivating Equity Literacy in Faculty and Staff 188 Creating Policies and Practices to Redistribute Access and Opportunity 193 Conclusion 197 Reflection Questions and Exercises 197 11. Expanding Our Spheres of Influence: Advocating Change for the Educational and Societal Good 199 Policy Advocacy for Educational Equity 200 Policy Advocacy for Societal Justice 204 Conclusion 206 Reflection Questions and Exercises 207 Conclusion 208 References 213 Index 245 About the Author 261
Contents Series Foreword James A. Banks xiii Acknowledgments xix 1. Introduction 1 A Place to Start: Important Shifts in Understanding 3 Definitions and Distinctions 8 The Remainder of the Book 12 Reflection Questions and Exercises 13 2. Imagining Equitable Classrooms and Schools for Students Experiencing Poverty: An Equity Literacy Approach 14 Introducing Equity Literacy 20 Frameworks That Help Inform Equity Literacy 23 What the “Equity” Means in Equity Literacy 24 The Five Abilities of Equity Literacy 28 Equity Literacy Principles for Educators 33 Conclusion 43 Reflection Questions and Exercises 43 3. The Economic Injustice Mess We’re In: A Class and Poverty Primer 44 Poverty Awareness Quiz 44 An Introduction to Poverty, Wealth, and Economic Inequality 47 The Unequal Distribution of Poverty 54 Conclusion 62 Reflection Questions and Exercises 63 4. Ditching Deficit Ideology and Quitting Grit: Embracing a Structural View of Poverty and Education 64 Poverty Attribution and the Importance of Ideology 64 The Dangers of Deficit Ideology 69 Meet Deficit Ideology’s Cousin, Grit 70 The Hope of Structural Ideology 73 An Exercise in Structural Framing and Language 75 Conclusion 77 Reflection Questions and Exercises 77 5. The Misunderstandings and Myths That Misdirect Equity Efforts in Schools 79 Debunking the “Culture of Poverty” and Other Absurd Notions 81 A Hint of Truth? The Nature of Poverty Stereotyping 83 Misperceivers Are We: Questioning Common Stereotypes About Families Experiencing Poverty 86 The Dangers of Stereotypes 96 Conclusion 97 Reflection Questions and Exercises 98 6. Class Inequities Beyond School Walls and Why They Matter at School 99 The Unlevel Playing Field of Poverty 101 Why the “Achievement Gap” Is Really an Opportunity Gap 114 Conclusion 115 Reflection Questions and Exercises 116 7. How Schools Punish Poverty: Learning to Recognize the Achievement—er, Opportunity—Gap 117 How Schools Punish Poverty: The Great Unequalizer? 120 Opportunity Gaps, Neoliberal School Reform, and Attacking “DEI” 133 Conclusion 137 Reflection Questions and Exercises 138 8. Teaching Students Experiencing Poverty in Effective, Equitable, and Even Data-Informed Ways: Curricular and Pedagogical Strategies 139 A Couple Caveats 139 Instructional Strategies That Work 140 Conclusion 162 Reflection Questions and Exercises 163 9. The Mother of All Strategies: Nurturing Equity-Informed Relationships With Students and Families 164 Equity-Informed Relational Commitments 165 Conclusion 180 Reflection Questions and Exercises 180 10. Cultivating School Change Through Equity Literacy: Commitments and Strategies for School and District Leaders 182 Shaping Institutional Culture Around an Ethic of Equity 184 Cultivating Equity Literacy in Faculty and Staff 188 Creating Policies and Practices to Redistribute Access and Opportunity 193 Conclusion 197 Reflection Questions and Exercises 197 11. Expanding Our Spheres of Influence: Advocating Change for the Educational and Societal Good 199 Policy Advocacy for Educational Equity 200 Policy Advocacy for Societal Justice 204 Conclusion 206 Reflection Questions and Exercises 207 Conclusion 208 References 213 Index 245 About the Author 261
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