System Transformation

Desegregating Ourselves: Challenging the Biases That Perpetuate Inequities in Our Schools 

This groundbreaking book examines the root causes of persistent disproportionality, including systemic inequality, color blindness, deficit thinking, and poverty disciplining–all of which create barriers to success for marginalized students."  The book includes: 

• An in-depth survey of race and racism in the American education system, its laws, and its policies, all of which perpetuate systemic inequality and harmful stereotypes 
• A practical framework for developing cross-cultural skills and dispositions that challenge our biases and promote educational equity 
• Concrete strategies for interrupting and replacing deficit-based thinking and prejudices 

Powerful reflections based on survey data from over 4,000 educators, which vividly illustrate how our beliefs manifest in schools and in our treatment of students