Transform your classroom into a more equitable place through ten actionable steps

In Leading Equity, veteran educator and equity leader Dr. Sheldon L. Eakins offers educators a comprehensive and insightful explanation of how to become equity advocates in their schools and classrooms. He provides readers with the skills and resources they need to address common issues faced by teachers, principals, administrators, and other educational leaders as they tackle equity-related issues.

In the book, you'll explore the author's ten foundational steps to achieving greater levels of equity in your school. From getting to know yourself and your students to understanding your position of privilege as an educator and reconsidering your current language habits, you'll examine the things you do--and the things you don't do--that can be changed immediately to create a more equitable environment for your students and colleagues.

"Dr. Sheldon Eakins has written a masterpiece! The topic of equity is by far the hottest topic in education today. Countless educators are writing about equity inclusive of what it is and what it is not. In Leading Equity, Dr. Eakins has gone beyond theory. This book is introducing ten actionable steps that a teacher can implement in the classroom immediately. At the proverbial end of the day, this is what teachers are looking for - strategies and solutions that they can take immediate hold of."
--BARUTI K. KAFELE, Retired Principal, Education Consultant, Author

Transform your school and your classroom with these best practices in equity

That the typical modern classroom lacks equity will come as no surprise to many educators. But few resources explain how to remedy that situation in the here and now.

Leading Equity delivers an eye-opening and actionable discussion of how to transform a classroom or school into a more equitable place. Through explorations of ten concrete steps that you can take right now, Dr. Sheldon L. Eakins offers you the skills, resources, and concepts you'll need to address common equity deficiencies in education. You'll learn about:

• Things you can do today to advance the cause of equity in your classroom, from reconsidering your language choices to getting to know yourself and your students
• Using social justice as the basis for your advocacy for equity
• How to promote a decolonial atmosphere and model vulnerability and humility for your students and colleagues

Ideal for educators and educational leaders at all stages of their careers, Leading Equity will help you improve your ability to offer an equitable environment to all of your students.