Leadership for Equity and Excellence: Creating High-Achievement Classrooms, Schools, and Districts » (1st Edition)

James Joseph Scheurich is an Associate Professor in Educational Administration and the Director of the Public School Executive Leadership Programs at The University of Texas at Austin. His doctorate was earned at The Ohio State University. He is the author of two books, Anti-Racist Scholarship and Research Method in the Postmodern, and coauthor with Bob Donmoyer and Michael Imber of another, The Knowledge Base in Educational Administration. In addition, he and the coauthor of this book have another book under contract and nearly completed, Equity and Accountability. He is the coeditor with Angela Valenzuela of the journal, International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education. He is the author or coauthor of numerous articles in academic journals, including in Educational Researcher, Journal of Education Policy, Urban Education, Educational Administration Quarterly, Education and Urban Society, and the International Journal of Leadership in Education, among others. He also writes newspaper editorials and for education journals, such as Phi Delta Kappan.

Linda Skrla is an assistant professor in the Educational Administration and Human Resource Development Department at Texas A&M University. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin, where she was a Cycle XI fellow of the Cooperative Superintendency Program. Prior to joining the Texas A&M faculty in 1997, Dr. Skrla worked for 14 years as a middle school and high school teacher and as a campus and district administrator in public schools. Her research focuses on educational equity issues in school leadership,including accountability, high-success districts, and women superintendents. She is coauthor of The Emerging Principalship and coeditor of the forthcoming Reconsidering Feminist Research in Educational Leadership. Her published work has appeared in numerous journals, including Educational Researcher, Educational Administration Quarterly, Phi Delta Kappan, Journal of School Leadership, Journal of Education Policy and the International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education.

Foreword by Carl D. Glickman

This guide encourages school leaders and teachers to develop creative strategies for student advancement using tools like accountability, equity audits, and proactive redundancy.