Linda Skrla, Kathryn Bell McKenzie, James Joseph Scheurich

Using Equity Audits to Create Equitable and Excellent Schools

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Well-known authors in the areas of equity and achievement present practical, easy-to-implement strategies for reducing inequities.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: SAGE Publications Inc
• Seitenzahl: 152
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Mai 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 300g
• ISBN-13: 9781412939324
• ISBN-10: 1412939321
• Artikelnr.: 26377762

Autorenporträt

Linda Skrla (Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin) is Professor of Educational Administration at Texas A&M University. Prior to joining the Texas A&M faculty in 1997, Skrla worked as a middle school and high school teacher and as a campus and district administrator in public schools. Her research focuses on educational equity issues in school leadership, including accountability policy, high success school districts, and women superintendents. Skrla is Vice President-Elect for Division A of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) and Editor of Educational Administration Quarterly. She has published extensively in academic journals and has co-authored and co-edited five books, the most recent of which is Using Equity Audits to Create Equitable and Excellent Schools (Corwin Press, 2009).

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Judith Richardson
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Part I. Background and Context for Equity Audits
1. Introduction
2. The Case for Systemic Equity
3. History and Overview of Equity Audits
Part II. The Equity Audit Process for Schools and Districts
4. Teacher Quality Equity
5. Programmatic Equity
6. Achievement Equity
7. Equity Audits at the School District Level
Part III. Equity Audit Follow-Up Actions and Strategies
8. Becoming an Equity-Oriented Change Agent
9. Increasing Equity Consciousness
10. Developing High-Quality Teaching Skills
11. Avoiding Equity Traps and Developing Equity Skills
12. Conclusion
References
Index