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Patton, Lori D.; Jordan, Jodi L. – Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership, 2017
This case centers on a Black woman school administrator and efforts to disrupt Whiteness among an urban elementary school teaching staff. The case details the resistance she encounters while encouraging teachers to confront "White fragility" and consider how their fragile perspectives on race and racism shape how they educate Black…
Descriptors: Administrators, Females, African Americans, Urban Schools
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Dubois, Brigitte Emmanuelle – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 2011
Inspired by the life of Marian Wright Edelman, a kindergarten class from Capitol Hill Day School conducted a demonstration for the needs and rights of children and marched across the brick paths of Lafayette Park in Washington, DC, directly across the street from the White House. Marian Wright Edelman was the subject of a school-wide Black History…
Descriptors: Private Schools, Day Schools, Young Children, African American History
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Katz, Susan J. – Journal of School Leadership, 2012
Much of the earlier research on women in leadership has told the stories of White women. Since there are very low numbers of superintendents of color both male and female nationwide, there have been very few stories reported of women leaders of color (Brunner & Grogan, 2007). This article describes the leadership issues involved when one Black…
Descriptors: Superintendents, Females, Career Development, African Americans