Rural Educational Innovative Leaders Who Dismantle Inequity: Learning From Global Bright Spots

• In Event: Bright Spots for Educational Leadership in Rural Places

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to understand the practices and beliefs of several rural educational leaders in the US and Wales. Their students who identify as racially, culturally, or linguistically minoritized, or are economically under-resourced show unexpected learning gains, among other accomplishments. Racial, cultural, and linguistic diversification is increasing in rural contexts across the US (Pohl, 2017) and globally, and migrant and refugee children are being displaced globally due to geopolitical and climatic disasters in record numbers (Guo-Brennan et al., 2019). Bright spot leaders (Pascale et al., 2010) support student learning success without additional resources. Bright spot leaders were examined as they disrupt deficit predictions and lead their richly diverse rural schools to support high levels of learning.

Author

• Kristina Astrid Hesbol, University of Denver