Pushing Against the Status Quo: Cultivating Diverse Teachers, Leaders, and Schools for 21st Century Students

Session Type: Invited Speaker Session

Abstract

As we approach the mid-21st century, the US public school student population will increasingly include more Black and Brown children and children in poverty. They will continue to attend schools plagued by the status quo—racism, sexism, classism, xenophobia, linguicism, ableism, and heteronormativity. By acknowledging the challenges encountered by higher education scholars and administrators as well as public school teachers and leaders, this session brings together those dedicated to cultivating diverse teachers and leaders who will push against the status quo to create the schools we need. Using this framework, session participants and attendees will tackle the challenges of recruiting diverse teachers and leaders, the curriculum that best prepares such teachers and leaders for the profession, and how teachers and leaders create school environments where all students succeed.

Sub Unit

• AERA Presidential Session

Chair

• Deborah Loewenberg Ball, University of Michigan

Participants

• Noelle W Arnold, OH

• Sheryl Jones Croft, Kennesaw State University

• Julie Gorlewski, University at Buffalo - SUNY

• Susan Moore Johnson, Harvard University

• Muhammad Khalifa, The Ohio State University - Columbus

• Theresa Perry, Simmons College

Discussants

• Lynn Gangone, American Association of Colleges for Teachers of Education (AACTE)

• Terah Talei Venzant Chambers, Michigan State University