A volume in Educational Leadership for Social Justice Series Editor
Jeffrey S. Brooks, University of Idaho, Denise E. Armstrong, Brock
University; Ira Bogotch, Florida Atlantic University; Sandra Harris,
Lamar University; Whitney H. Sherman, Virginia Commonwealth University;
George Theoharis, Syracuse University The purpose of this work is to
broaden the scholarly dialogue in educational leadership and to address
the changing role of the American school principal in the twenty-first
century with regard to increasing diversity in the United States. This
book seeks to provide theoretical and practical insight into the role of
school principals dealing with an ever-increasing multicultural student
population. We cover an array of issues that we believe are critical in
order for the twenty-first century school principal to be effective and
relevant. A primary inquiry that needs to be made is: Are school leaders
taking seriously the increasing social and cultural diversity in their
schools? It is the school principal who sets the tone for the school
culture and who provides the vision as to the direction of the
organization. We endeavor to help scholars and practitioners have a
better understanding of the importance of the diversity of their
students, and to give them the tools to appropriately lead schools in
ways that ensure all students, regardless of their life circumstances
and status, are provided a school climate that promotes high academic
achievement and a sense of belonging.
