Teaching for Educational Equity

Jane Beese is an Associate Professor at Youngstown State University. Her areas of interest are equity in curricular and program design, economics of education, program and policy determinants of student learning, and the relationship between student/school resources and student outcomes. Dr. Beese teaches qualitative research, educational psychology and adult learning, organizational leadership, communication and collaboration, and instructional leadership where she employs the use of case study methodology in the classroom. Jennifer L. Martin is an assistant professor of education at the University of Mount Union, previously an alternative high school English teacher for students labeled at-risk. She is the editor of Racial Battle Fatigue: Insights from the Front Lines of Social Justice Advocacy (Recipient of the 2016 AERA Division B’s Outstanding Book Recognition Award), Dr. Martin has numerous publications on bullying and harassment, educational equity, and issues of social justice. She is currently studying the development of culturally responsive leadership practices.

Martin and Beese have written a very much needed volume to help school leaders develop critical thinking skills in grappling with seemingly intractable social and educational problems. Calls for social justice abound because many critics over the years have highlighted significant social, political, economic, and educational inequities in schools. Martin and Beese fully understand that educational exclusionary attitudes and practices have significant pedagogical, curricular, leadership and moral implications for the work of progressive and idealistic educators as well as concerned community members. Their use of case studies to sharpen school leaders’ skills in problem solving is both novel and effective. Highly recommended.

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction Chapter I: “What Are We Going to Do about the Bathrooms?” Transgender Students: Civil Rights or Local Control? Chapter II: The Social Justice English TeacherChapter III: Bus 57: LGBTQ+ Hate Crime, or an Ill Fated Prank?Chapter IV: Building Relationships to Address Chronic Absenteeism: An Urban Principal takes a RiskChapter V: The Turnaround Leader: Complex Solutions for Urban School20Chapter VI: “But I Don’t See Color!” Colorblindness and Implicit Bias in a Predominantly White InstitutionChapter VII: A Racist Display in the University Library: Action, Reaction, or Inaction?Chapter VIII: “He Looks like a Terrorist!” Special Education and Stereotype ThreatChapter IX: Hostile Environment Sexual Harassment and a BB gunChapter X: Violence Erupts at South High SchoolChapter XI: Social Justice Guidance and Resources for Teachers and AdministratorsChapter XII: Multicultural Resources for Teachers and Administrators