33.057 - Leadership for Social Justice and Educational Improvement

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

This session brings together internationally known scholars to address the critically important issue of leadership for social justice and educational improvement. As poverty rates persist and grow in the many countries, it is becoming increasingly difficult for students from low-income families to succeed academically. Leadership is second only to teaching as the major in-school contributor to student achievement. However, in recent years, leadership has fallen off the reform radar in favor of efforts to improve teacher quality and evaluation. This session will bring leadership back to center stage in the quest for equity-focused educational change. The presentations will discuss how leadership in a variety of countries and systems can yield positive benefits for improving equity and achievement.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Educational Change

Chair

• Andy Hargreaves, Boston College

Papers

• A Comparative Education Policy Outlook on School Leadership for Greater Equity - Beatriz Pont, OECD - Directorate for Education

• Uplifting Leadership: Transforming Leadership Practice in Business, Sport, and Education - Andy Hargreaves, Boston College

• Working-Class High School Students' Challenge to Leadership: Insights From the Equal Education Movement in South Africa - Brahm D. Fleisch, University of the Witwatersrand

• Culturally Proficient Systems Engineering: The Role of Leaders in Transforming Urban Schools - Joseph F. Johnson, San Diego State University

• Leading With Data to Promote Social Justice in Schools - Amanda L. Datnow, University of California - San Diego; Vicki Park, San José State University