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Black women, leadership, and change in K-12 education = beyond the status quo /

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Title/Author:	Black women, leadership, and change in K-12 education/ by Tamra Simpson, Valery Dragon.
Reminder of title:	beyond the status quo /
Author:	Simpson, Tamra.
other author:	Dragon, Valery.
Published:	Cham :Springer Nature Switzerland : : 2025.,
Description:	xxi, 126 p. :ill., digital ; : 24 cm.;
Contained By:	Springer Nature eBook
Subject:	African American women school administrators. -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-06474-5
ISBN:	9783032064745

Black women, leadership, and change in K-12 education = beyond the status quo /
Simpson, Tamra.

Black women, leadership, and change in K-12 educationbeyond the status quo /[electronic resource] :by Tamra Simpson, Valery Dragon. - Cham :Springer Nature Switzerland :2025. - xxi, 126 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm.

Part I Context Matters 1 -- Chapter 1. Listening Between the Lines -- Chapter 2. Roots of Exclusion: How Historical Constructs Impact Black Women Educational Leadership -- Chapter 3. The Current State of Education: The Current Landscape of Education and the Value of Black Women's Leadership -- Chapter 4. Why Traditional Change Efforts Fail and What Comes Next -- Chapter 5. Designing for Justice: The CRIS Framework and the Birth of CRIA -- Part II Intersectional Insights from the Field -- Chapter 6. Sexism and the System -- Chapter 7. The Weight of Microaggressions: Daily Battles That Erode Leadership and Belonging -- Chapter 8. Beyond the Token: When Symbolic Inclusion Masks Structural Exclusion -- Part III Insight to Action -- Chapter 9. Case Study-CRIA: A Summary of Insights and the Hope of Continuous Improvement -- Chapter 10. Justice by Design: Engineering Systems that Honor Identity.

Focusing on the unique experiences of Black women in K-12 leadership, this work blends personal narratives with critical analysis to reveal systemic barriers rooted in the intersections of race and gender. It argues that the challenges Black women face are not isolated incidents but pervasive and embedded in the broader narrative of U.S. history, which continues to perpetuate inequities in leadership roles. The structure of the book amplifies and affirms the voices of Black women educational leaders, inspiring action and advocacy for transformative change in educational policy, practices, and programming. Grounded in the framework of Contextually Responsive Intersectional Systems (CRIS), the book shows how CRIS not only honors identity, context, and lived experiences but also expands what traditionally counts as data in continuous improvement. It calls for leadership that collaborates in design to achieve reforms aligned with the unique needs of a system. While centered in education, CRIS is field-agnostic, offering actionable strategies for human-centered, transformative change across sectors. Tamra Simpson is an education leader, an award-winning educator, and the founder of L.E.A.D. LLC. She empowers change-makers to understand and challenge systemic barriers, cultivate bold leadership, and drive lasting impact. Through her work, she champions leaders to step beyond comfort zones, inspiring transformation in schools and communities. Valery Dragon, nonprofit leader and owner of The Guild, LLC, brings over a decade of educational leadership. Formerly a principal and managing director of instruction, she supports teams through human-centered improvement cycles, system audits, and coaching, fostering coherence, instructional growth, and transformative teaching and learning environments.

ISBN: 9783032064745

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-032-06474-5doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

1502245
African American women school administrators.

LC Class. No.: LB2831.82

Dewey Class. No.: 371.20110820973

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