The Importance Of Equity Leadership In Education

The first emerging theme that has been appearing from the data has been developing a picture of what an equity school leader is. The participant in this paper demonstrate a commitment to the children they are in charge of educating. In a sense, by analyzing what an equity leader does I have identified three attributes that an equity leader IS not. Consequently, an equity school leader IS not: (1) going to stand down, (2) going to ignore that some students are not successful, and (3) going to choose adults over students (when challenging inequities). It became clear that equity leaders, in order to educate all students, would require them to challenge institutional and human practices that impede the learning for marginalize students. Equity …show more content…
Grant’s response underscores the tangible essence of what it means to be an equity leader. Moreover, school leader Richardson talks about how in today’s accountability era of high stakes testing, he has had to fight against eliminating enrichment programs. He comments, “I 've fought against it I haven 't [cut enrichment]. But I have to fight that battle sometimes. Cause, you know we always argue we 're not about test scores. But then, you’re about test scores.” Richardson presents a major challenge being faced by school leaders today—how to continue to provide the access to …show more content…
Kirkpatrick’s work towards equity leadership is accentuated by ethical principles that fortify her willingness to engage in difficult communications with adults. The pursuit of creating equitable schools resides in the reality that to achieve this important goal, school leaders will confront complex dilemmas that call for the use of ethical and moral decision-making. Shields (2014), argues that engaging “in deep and meaningful ethical, transformative leadership, therefore requires that a leader have the courage to examine, challenge, and as necessary, correct situations and practices that promote inequity” (p.