Privileged Thinking in Today's Schools

David Barnett is chair of the Department of Foundations and Graduate Studies in Education at Morehead State University (MSU). He joined the faculty at MSU in 2002 after serving for more than 27 years in four school districts including middle school teacher, instructional supervisor, federal programs coordinator, finance officer, assistant superintendent, and superintendent.Carol Christian is a district achievement gap coordinator with the Kentucky Department of Education. She is an adjunct professor, completing her doctorate with the University of Louisville. Her educational journey has taken her from the classroom as a K-12 Physical Education teacher, to a middle school principal and author.Richard Hughes, whose career in public education began in 1968, retired in 2006 after having served as a principal in three large Kentucky high schools and superintendent in two school districts. Since that time, he has been a full-time instructor, teaching school leadership courses for Morehead State University.Rocky Wallace is a full-time instructor at Morehead State, and a former principal of a U.S. Blue Ribbon School in Kentucky. He has served at the Kentucky Department of Education as a leadership consultant to principals, and at the Kentucky Educational Development Corporation as the Director of Instructional Support.

The authors provide a reality check regarding the importance of culture and relationships in today’s schools and the powerful impact they have on kids. This needs to be required reading for all new teachers and administrators. This book is a true difference maker!

• Chapter 1 1. Don't Give Me JusticeChapter 2 2. How Much Money Does Daddy Make, Mommy?Chapter 3 3. The "N" WordChapter 4 4. The 'Back Hall' KidsChapter 5 5. I Have a NameChapter 6 6. Squeaky Wheels Get the GreaseChapter 7 7. Rigid Master SchedulesChapter 8 8. Skateboarders-Unfit for Social JusticeChapter 9 9. Throw Them a Life Preserver-Not An AnchorChapter 10 10. No Band for the Kid from Lucky StopChapter 11 11. No Hamburgers or Salads for the Free Lunch KidsChapter 12 12. One Child Left BehindChapter 13 13. The School Within the LinesChapter 14 14. My KidsChapter 15 15. Rounding the Bases-Bring 'Em HomeChapter 16 16. Kids in the ShadowsChapter 17 17. Do We Accept Responsibility?Chapter 18 18. Pecking OrderChapter 19 19. Elephant in the RoomChapter 20 20. Culture, Community, and ConsolidationChapter 21 21.You Brought a Dead Cat to School?Chapter 22 22. The Indiscernible Faces of Privileged ThinkingChapter 23 23. Learning the Constant—Time the VariableChapter 24 24. More Equal than OthersChapter 25 25. The Kids Say I'm BlackChapter 26 26. We are ALL Gifted…We ALL have DisabilitiesChapter 27 27. Closing Thoughts: We Can Do It…We Must Do It!