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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED329629 AUTHOR: Baptiste, H. Prentice, Jr. Ed.; And Others
TITLE: Leadership, Equity, and School Effectiveness.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1990
NOTE: 273 p.
AVAILABILITY: Sage Publications/Corwin Press, 2455 Teller
Road, Newbury Park, CA 91320 ($35.00 Hardcover, ISBN-0-8039
3466-1; Softcover, ISBN-0-8039-3467-X).
ABSTRACT: This collection of essays focuses on the
intersection between equity and excellence in educational
leadership and urges a reconceptualization that gives
appropriate consideration to women and ethnic and racial
minorities. The book begins with an introductory chapter,
entitled "Equity and Excellence in Educational Leadership:
A Necessary Nexus," by Martha M. McCarthy and L. Dean Webb.
The succeeding chapters are divided into four sections.
Section I, "Leadership and Equity," includes the following
chapters: (1) "Introduction: Lessons from the Past and
Directions for the Future" (James E. Anderson); (2) "Equity
and the Educational Practitioner: A Leadership Model"
(Barbara A. Sizemore); (3) "Facilitating Equity through the
School Superintendency" (J. Jerome Harris and Mae E.
Kendall); and (4) "The Quest for Equity: Imperatives for
Administrators in Higher Education" (Hugh J. Scott).
Section II, "Educational Environments That Promote Equity,"
contains the following chapters: (1) "Introduction:
Research on Equity in Learning Environments" (Judith Walker
de Felix); (2) "Productivity and Equity" (Herbert J.
Walberg); (3) "Compassion and Equity: Culture and English
Literacy for Linguistic Minority Children" (Henry J.
Trueba); and (4) "Classroom Language Use and Educational
Equity: Toward Interactive Pedagogy" (Christian Faltis).
Section III, "Instruction That Enhances Equity," consists
of: (1) "Introduction: Classroom Instruction That Enhances
Equity" (Hersholt C. Waxman); (2) "Programs That Promote
Educational Equity" (Margaret Wang); (3) "Instructional
Organizational Practices That Affect Equity" (Adam
Gamoran); (4) "Linguistic and Cultural Influences on
Classroom Instruction" (Yolanda N. Padron and Stephanie L.
Knight); and (5) "Teacher Effectiveness Research and Equity
Issues" (Jane A. Stallings and Jane McCarthy). Section IV,
"Educational Preparation for Equity," has the following
chapters: (1) "Introduction: The Challenge of Preparing for
Equity" (H. Prentice Baptiste, Jr.); (2) "Administrative
Preparation for Equity" (Charol Shakeshaft); (3) "Teacher
Preparation for Equity" (Geneva Gay); (4) "Teacher
Education That Enhances Equity" (James B. Boyer); and (5)
"Educating Society for Equity" (Carlos E. Cortes). Each
chapter includes a list of references. Biographical
information on contributing authors is appended. (AF)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Administrator-Role; Elementary-Secondary
Education; Females-; Higher-Education; Minority-Groups;
Superintendents-; Teacher-Role
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Access-to-Education; *Educational
Administration; *Educational-Opportunities; *Equal
Education; *Excellence-in-Education; *School-Effectiveness
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