In Pursuit of Truth: National Standards, Hegemony, and White Supremacy

• In Event: Expansive Equity Frameworks and Tools for Developing and Supporting Responsive Educational Leaders

Abstract

National standards for educational leaders became a major discussion in the mid- to late 1980s as ideas about how school administrators should be trained to effectively lead schools and support teachers, changed. The idea of "principal as manager" extended to include responsibilities such as serving as the chief instructional leaders inside schools, and discussions about what principals needed to be able to do so also began to increase. In alignment with the current trend of examining curriculum, lesson plans, and resources to ensure these materials are culturally responsive; national educational standards need to be interrogated to ensure alignment with the goals of dismantling white supremacist ideology and interrupting the pathology of racism that plagues education, broadly, and specifically, educational leadership.

Author

• Shannon Renee Waite, Howard University
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