A case study: Enacting courage and collaboration in equity and justice-oriented educational leadership

In spring 2020 the COVID-19 pandemic collided with a national reckoning on racial injustice and ruptured our country's core. The effects of this collision necessitated something other than business as usual in school leadership: it called for the kind of courageous leadership rooted in equity a...

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Published inMiddle school journal Vol. 53; no. 2; pp. 5 - 11
Main Authors Hughes, Hilary E., Benson, Kelsey, Brody, Dylan, Murphy, Amy, Ranschaert, Rachel
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Columbus Routledge 15.03.2022
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
administration
Case studies
Collaboration
Cooperation
COVID-19
Educational Administration
Educational leadership
Equal Education
equity
Leadership
middle school
Middle Schools
Personality Traits
School administration
Social Justice
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Summary:In spring 2020 the COVID-19 pandemic collided with a national reckoning on racial injustice and ruptured our country's core. The effects of this collision necessitated something other than business as usual in school leadership: it called for the kind of courageous leadership rooted in equity and justice we describe in this paper. In this qualitative case study, we draw on nine months of data collected at a Title I middle school in the southeast to describe how the administration leaned into vulnerability and courageous leadership by naming and acknowledging uncomfortable realities and inviting collaborative engagement with the school community about these realities.
ISSN:0094-0771
2327-6223
DOI:10.1080/00940771.2021.2022444