Educating for Justice

<p><strong>In a world marked by deep-seated injustices based on race class gender sexual orientation ability and other identity markers schools can be powerful places for students to learn to recognize analyze and challenge these inequities.</strong><p><em>Educating for Justice</em> teams award-winning principal Julia Bott with scholars Scott Seider and Aaliyah El-Amin to describe schoolwide structures and practices that prepare students at every grade level to challenge injustice and build a better world. Sharing research-backed strategies concrete tools and examples drawn from real schools and classrooms they offer guidance on<p>- Centering justice in curriculum and pedagogy.</br>- Fostering powerful partnerships with families and community partners.</br>- Engaging students in social action.</br>- Building adult capacity.<p>Learn how fitting these principles together can prepare your school to develop or adapt curriculum that nurtures students' critical consciousness; collaborate with families and community partners to strengthen justice-based school practices; establish opportunities for students to participate in social action challenging injustice; and build adult-learning structures that cultivate educators' social justice knowledge and empower families to be partners in this work.<p>Schools have a vital role to play in readying the next generation to challenge injustice and transform society--and this book is an indispensable tool to empower you and your students to lead that transformation.</p>