The Black Principal and the Decolonization of Public Education

• In Event: Saturday Roundtable Session 3:05 pm
  In Roundtable Session: Principals as Changemakers in Domestic and International Contexts (Table 17)

Abstract

Using autoethnography and focus group data, this study explores a Black principal’s efforts to collaborate with Black students to transform their learning environment and address racialized deficit thinking within their school community. Using lenses of critical race and coloniality, the paper explores how hierarchy and injustice persist in public school settings, and ways that justice oriented school leaders can decolonize education through culturally responsive and collaborative leadership approaches. Implications are considered for leadership theory and practice, and authentic youth engagement in schools.

Author

• Jamel Adkins-Sharif, SUNY Empire State University