students with social disabilities

"'Doing equity' means coming to terms with some uncomfortable truths. The first of these is that our educational system is inequitable by design in that it was created to serve the needs of a privileged few at the expense of historically marginalized children and families. The second is that the decades of education reform that followed the passage of Brown versus Board of Education have done little to disrupt our inequitable status quo. Equity matters now more than ever. It will take many years to fully comprehend the extent of damage caused by the COVID 19 pandemic, but a singular truth became evident very early on: some groups of Americans, i.e. those who are BIPOC, poor, and otherwise disenfranchised, experienced disproportionate levels of harm and this pattern was replicated in our schools. While policy makers lament the learning losses that occurred we have literally lost children who are still unaccounted for in the wake of the pandemic"--Provided by publisher.

"Anthology of essays exploring parity in education"--.

"Provides teachers and administrators with the tools they need to create predictable, healthy, relationship-based school cultures, so that they may effectively increase student learning and bring joy back to their vocation"--Provided by publisher.

Argues that the education system in America needs to make drastic changes in order to build a system of high-achieving and equitable schools that protects every child's right to learn.

Presents a theoretical understanding of learning styles, focusing on at-risk learners and explaining why traditional teaching methods fail to meet their educational needs.

Presents the story of Oral Lee Brown who promised to finance the college education of twenty-three first-grade students in 1987, made good on that promise, and continued to support dozens of children in the same manner afterwards.