ERIC Number: EJ1281573
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Publication Date: 2021
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Learning to Lead Socially Just Schools: An Exploration of Candidate Readiness for Equity-Focused Principal Preparation in the United States
Stone-Johnson, Corrie; Gray, Corey; Wright, Casandra
Professional Development in Education, v47 n1 p36-49 2021
In spite of concerted improvement efforts to improve curricula, many university-based principal preparation programmes in the United States do not explicitly attend to issues of equity or social justice in a thorough way. While curricular efforts are important, they are not enough on their own; a working theory in the field of educational leadership is that an equity-mindset is also needed and that social justice-oriented principal preparation programs should select individuals who already 'have a propensity, at a minimum, to critically question the inequities found in schools' for admission into programs. Generally speaking, however, there is a dearth of literature on both candidate selection for preparation programs and equity beliefs of current and pre-service school leaders. In this paper, we explore how potential candidates for a principal preparation program in an urban school district view equity and the vexing question of how to prepare socially just leaders Figure 1-8.
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Principals, Social Justice, Equal Education, Administrator Education, College Admission, Selection Criteria, Student Attitudes, Culturally Relevant Education, Teaching Methods, School Administration, Diversity, Career Readiness
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Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: New York
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