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Solving Disproportionality and Achieving Equity: A Leader's Guide to Using Data to Change Hearts and Minds

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Description for Solving Disproportionality and Achieving Equity: A Leader's Guide to Using Data to Change Hearts and Minds Paperback. This text is a journey into disproportionality through understanding biases that create barriers for vulnerable populations. It gives adaptive strategies for systemic change and technical skills for using data to promote equity. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 281 x 222 x 22. Weight in Grams: 724.

When the numbers don’t lie, this is your guide to doing what’s right

According to federal data, African American students are more than three times as likely as their white peers to be suspended or expelled. As a school leader, what do you do when your heart is in the right place, but your data show otherwise? 

In Solving Disproportionality and Achieving Equity, Edward Fergus takes us on a journey into disproportionality by engaging our hearts and minds on the presence of biases that create barriers to the success of students of color. If your ... Read more

  • Understand through compelling vignettes and case studies how bias affects policies and practices even in good schools
  • Know what questions to ask and what data to analyze to get to the root cause
  • Create your own road map for becoming an equity-driven school, with staff activities, data collection forms, checklists, and progress monitoring tools

If you are interested in developing a deep understanding of the policy, practice, and beliefs necessary for schools to address disproportionality and achieve equity, this book delivers all that and more.

"Through careful analysis of data obtained from real cases, Edward Fergus shows how disproportionality is manifest and how it can be thoughtfully addressed. For educators and policy makers seeking solutions to these complex issues, this book will be an invaluable resource." 
—Pedro Noguera, Distinguished Professor of Education
UCLA, Graduate Schools of Education and Information Studies

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
SAGE Publications Inc
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Thousand Oaks, United States
ISBN
9781506311258
SKU
V9781506311258
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About Edward A. Fergus
Dr. Edward (Eddie) Fergus is Professor of Urban Education in the School of Arts and Sciences at Rutgers University – Newark. Prior to joining Rutgers University – Newark, Dr. Fergus was Associate Professor of Urban Education and Policy at Temple University (2017-2022) and Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy at New York University (2013-2017), and Deputy Director of the ... Read more

Reviews for Solving Disproportionality and Achieving Equity: A Leader's Guide to Using Data to Change Hearts and Minds
"Throughout the country, a growing number of educators have come to the realization that disproportionality in the placement of children of color in special education, and in school discipline practices, is a vital equity issue that must be confronted. In this important new book, Dr. Edward Fergus explains why this issue is so important and he shows what educators can ... Read more

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