"Creating Safe, Equitable, Engaging Schools" brings together the collective wisdom of more than thirty experts from a variety of fields to show how school leaders can create communities that support the social, emotional, and academic needs of all students. It offers an essential guide for making sense of the myriad evidence-based frameworks, resources, and tools available to create a continuous improvement system. Chapters illustrate how leaders can leverage the power of school-based teams to assess the needs of students in their school and select appropriate interventions across a wide variety of domains, including social and emotional learning, trauma, restorative practices, cultural responsiveness, and student and family engagement. Filled with recommendations gleaned from research and ongoing work in every US state and territory, "Creating Safe, Equitable, Engaging Schools" is a critical resource for understanding and adopting evidence-based practices and making programmatic decisions to ensure the ideal conditions for learning, growth, and development. This book is organized into the following chapters: (1) Building Readiness and Capacity (David Osher); (2) Leading, Coordinating, and Managing for Equity with Excellence (Catherine Barbour, Kevin Dwyer, and David Osher); (3) Guiding and Planning Improvement for Equity with Excellence (Catherine Barbour, R. Jason LaTurner, and David Osher); (4) Selecting the Right Programs, Strategies, and Approaches (David Osher and Allison Dymnicki); (5) Funding a Comprehensive Community Approach (Frank Rider, Elizabeth V. Freeman, Aaron R. Butler, Sara Wraight, and David Osher); (6) The Centrality of Cultural Competence and Responsiveness (Karen Francis and David Osher); (7) Engaging Students in Creating Safe, Equitable, and Excellent Schools (Robert V. Mayo and David Osher); (8) Partnering with Families (Lacy Wood, Trina Osher, and David Osher); (9) Partnering with Communities (Vanessa Coleman and David Osher); (10) Out-of-School Time Programs (Deborah Moroney, Jessica Newman, and David Osher); (11) Building a Schoolwide Foundation for SocialEmotional and Academic Support (Sandra Williamson and David Osher); (12) Building and Restoring School Communities (Greta Colombi, Robert V. Mayo, Manolya Tanyu, David Osher, and Amy Mart); (13) Creating Respectful and Inclusive Schools (Jeffrey M. Poirier, Ilene Berman, Kathleen Guarino, Fausto Alejandro López, and David Osher); (14) Multitiered Systems of Support (Stephanie Jackson, Juliette Berg, Sandra Williamson, and David Osher); (15) Selective Strategies (Allison Dymnicki, Kimberly Kendziora, Sandra Williamson, and David Osher); (16) Indicated Strategies (Allison Gruner Gandhi, Kimberly Kendziora, and David Osher); (17) Social and Emotional Learning Matters (Jessica Newman, Allison Dymnicki, Edward Fergus, Roger P. Weissberg, and David Osher); (18) Educators Matter (Nick Yoder, Lynn Holdheide, and David Osher); (19) Academic Interventions--Use with Care (Terry Salinger and David Osher); and (20) Continuous Improvement (Aaron R. Butler, Jason Katz, Jessica Johnson, David Osher, Jill Pentimonti, and Sam Neiman).]