Educators all over the country are waking to a collective realization:
The hope and compassion they have for their students is not enough to
counteract the inequitable policies and practices of the school system.
Students and communities who have been historically disenfranchised
along lines of race and disability continue to face predictable barriers
to opportunity and independence.
In Build Equity, Join Justice, the authors present a new path forward
that leads away from deficit-focused policies and toward strengths-based
practices. The authors' ten equity-advancing principles, based on the
groundbreaking work of the SWIFT Education Center in multiple school
districts, are designed to address the learning needs and social
concerns of all students without requiring them or their advocates to
"ask permission" to be included. Complete with practical tools and
reflective activities throughout, this book empowers educators at every
level to transform their schools into equity-advancing, justice-centered
institutions.