The Critical Role of Ethnic Studies in Educational Leadership (Ethnic Studies Revival)

The Critical Role of Ethnic Studies in Educational Leadership addresses the urgency of having equity-minded and globally-oriented transformative leaders who seek to empower students and teachers alike through their commitment to integrate ethnically and culturally rich curriculum and instruction in today's schools.The ethnic studies revival movement has emerged to combat the cycles of ignorance affecting society in negative ways.Unless educational leaders possess relevant cultural and ethnic proficiency, have global perspectives, and are eager to lead by example, educators will continue to flounder about the best ways to cultivate pluralism in American schools.Moreover, shifts in mindsets toward ethnically and culturally relevant school learning and teaching culture are needed for leaders to ensure that they not only have the knowledge and skill, but also the courage and will to reform schools through an inclusive and comprehensive approach based on the axioms of ethnic studies educati