Courageous conversations about race : a field guide for achieving equity in schools /

Singleton looks at the achievement gap through the prism of race, and in "Courageous Conversations About Race", he begins by examining the evidence that points to race - not poverty - as the underlying cause behind the achievement gap. This work, while exploring how race affects all educat...

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Main Author: Singleton, Glenn E.
Other Authors: Linton, Curtis.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Corwin Press, c2006.
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Table of Contents:
  • Breaking the silence : ushering in courageous conversation about race
  • Passion : an essential characteristic of anti-racist leadership
  • What's so courageous about this conversation?
  • Why race?
  • Agreeing to talk about race
  • The first condition : getting personal right here and right now
  • The second condition : keeping the spotlight on race
  • The third condition : engaging multiple racial perpectives
  • The fourth condition : keeping us all at the table
  • The fifth condition : what do you mean by "race"?
  • The sixth condition let's talk about whiteness
  • How anti-racist leaders close the achievement gap
  • Exploring a systemic framework for closing the racial achievement gap
  • Using courageous conversation to achieve equity in schools.