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"Glenn Singleton and Curtis Linton have offered us an important book that provides us with empirical data and well-constructed exercises to help us think through the ways that race affects our lives and our professional practices. My sincere desire is that after you have had an opportunity to read this volume you will, indeed, engage in some courageous conversations about race." -Gloria Ladson-Billings, Professor University of Wisconsin-Madison Author, The Dreamkeepers ." . . challenges educators to talk in honest and open ways about race and p... MORErovides various tools to stimulate and inform the conversation. Singleton and Linton remind us that the achievement gap will not be eliminated until we learn to talk about race in ways that build bridges of understanding that lead to effective action." -Dennis Sparks, Executive Director National Staff Development Council Deepen your understanding of racial factors in academic performance and discover new strategies for closing the achievement gap! Educators are acutely aware of the statistical gaps in achievement between different racial groups. Considering the rapidly changing racial composition of student populations, how can educators reach a level of cultural proficiency necessary to eliminate this disparity? Examining the achievement gap through the prism of race, this comprehensive text explains the need for candid, courageous conversations about race so that educators may understand why performance inequity persists, and learn how they can develop a curriculum that promotes true academic parity. To help guide policy analysis and instructional reform, the authors present a systemwide plan for transforming schools and districts. Practicalfeatures of this book include: Implementation exercises Prompts, language, and tools that support profound discussion Activities and checklists for administrators Action steps for creating an equity teamOnly when educators have established both a language and a process for addressing the intersection of race and achievement, will they be able to restructure their schools in ways which improve student performance and fulfill the promise that every child has a right to learn regardless of their race, culture, or class. See Facilitator's Guide to Courageous Conversations About Race

Examining the achievement gap through the prism of race, this comprehensive text explains the need for candid, courageous conversations about race so that educators may understand why performance inequity persists, and learn how they can develop a curriculum that promotes true academic parity. To help guide policy analysis and instructional reform, the authors present a systemwide plan for transforming schools and districts.

Foreword

Gloria Ladson-Billings

Preface

xiii

Acknowledgments

xix

About the Authors

xxi

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Breaking the Silence: Ushering in Courageous Conversation About Race

(10)

The Racial Achievement Gap

(4)

Three Critical Factors

(1)

The Strategy of Courageous Conversation

(4)

PART I. PASSION: AN ESSENTIAL CHARACTERISTIC OF ANTI-RACIST LEADERSHIP

(58)

What's So Courageous About This Conversation?

(12)

Courageous Conversation

(6)

A Difficult Conversation

(4)

Why Race?

(28)

The Problem of the Color Line

(3)

The Racial Gap

(4)

Race as a Factor in Education

(5)

Dealing With Race

(1)

Establishing Common Language Around Race

(8)

Do We Have the Will?

(6)

Agreeing to Talk About Race

(16)

Racial Consciousness

(4)

Four Agreements of Courageous Conversation

(11)

PART II. PRACTICE: THE FOUNDATION OF ANTI-RACIST LEADERSHIP

(142)

The First Condition: Getting Personal Right Here and Right Now

(14)

Personal, Local, and Immediate

(1)

The Impact of Race on My Life

(3)

Degree of Racial Consciousness

(1)

Racial Consciousness Versus Racial Unconsciousness

(9)

Racial Autobiography: Curtis Linton

(5)

The Second Condition: Keeping the Spotlight on Race

(18)

Isolating Race

(6)

Unpacking Race

(11)

Racial Autobiography: Glenn Singleton

101

(4)

The Third Condition: Engaging Multiple Racial Perspectives

105

(12)

Social Construction of Knowledge

106

(2)

Surfacing Critical Perspectives

108

(9)

Racial Autobiography: Ann

113

(4)

The Fourth Condition: Keeping Us All at the Table

117

(40)

Interracial Dialogue

119

(8)

Creating Safety

127

(8)

The Courageous Conversation Compass

135

(22)

Racial Autobiography: Supriya

154

(3)

The Fifth Condition: What Do You Mean by ``Race''?

157

(24)

A Brief History of Race

158

(9)

A Working Definition of Race

167

(14)

Racial Autobiography: Katheryn

178

(3)

The Sixth Condition: Let's Talk About Whiteness

181

(30)

White Is a Color

182

(1)

White Privilege

183

(6)

White Is a Culture

189

(2)

White Consciousness

191

(5)

Whiteness as Examined in the Five Conditions

196

(7)

White Racial Identity Development

203

(8)

Racial Autobiography: Chris

208

(3)

PART III. PERSISTENCE: THE KEY TO ANTI-RACIST LEADERSHIP

211

(54)

How Anti-Racist Leaders Close the Achievement Gap

213

(12)

Invisibility Versus Hypervisibility

214

(3)

Understanding Students of Color Within a White School

217

(3)

Understanding Institutionalized White Racism

220

(3)

The Injustice of Gradualism and Incremental Change

223

(2)

Exploring a Systemic Framework for Closing the Racial Achievement Gap

225

(14)

A Vision of Equity

226

(2)

Systemic Equity Anti-Racism Transformation

228

(11)

Using Courageous Conversation to Achieve Equity in Schools

239

(26)

Personal Anti-Racist/Equity Leadership

240

(2)

Individual Teacher Anti-Racist/Equity Leadership

242

(1)

Whole School Anti-Racist/Equity Leadership

243

(2)

Systemic Anti-Racist/Equity Leadership

245

(1)

Lemon Grove Unified School District: A Case Study

245

(16)

Anti-Racist Leadership

261

(4)

Resource: Racism and the Achievement Gap

265

(6)

Julian Weissglass

References

271

(4)

Index

275

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