Full Description
Traditionally, educator preparation programs only provide classes related to content, practical pedagogy, and classroom management. If we hope to see any level of justice in the education system, preparation programs must include courses that take an honest and deep dive into the ways in which racism shows up in schools and communities. Aspiring educators are craving and demanding the tools and resources to be the best educators they can be for our students in this country. They know the importance of advocating for and enacting anti-racism in their pedagogical practices, in school policy and culture, and in their community. The authors of this book will offer first-hand testimony of how deep racism permeates public education, an institution that, since its founding, was never meant for Black and brown students, as well as solutions to create truly just and equitable school communities.
The ultimate mission of Practicing Restorative Justice is to show readers the effectiveness of restorative justice practices in addressing a number of issues that impact Black and brown students. It takes a deep dive into the School-to-Prison Pipeline, in which failed education policies push students of colour out of schools and into the penal system, dooming them for life. Other topics include policing in schools, systemic racism's impact on classrooms and learners at all grade levels, and ways in which to decolonize the education system. The book provides classroom instructors, college of education faculty, and preservice teachers the concrete means to improve the learning experience of students of colour in our public education system.
Contents
Land Acknowledgment
Erika Strauss Chavarria
Foreword
Yesenie Cano
Two Words
Gabriel Tanglao
If You Teach, Then Teach
Keandre Chappell
Introduction
Erika Strauss Chavarria
Part 1: Framing the Problem
1. How Racism Manifests in Schools: From the Data & Beyond
Erika Strauss Chavarria
2. Framing the History of Police in Schools
Maria Fernandez
3. The School-to-Prison Pipeline: A Parent's Perspective
Zakiya Sankara-Jabar (An Interview with Erika Strauss Chavarria)
Part 2: Addressing the Problem, Offering Solutions
Part 2A: Restorative Justice in Action in Schools and Communities
4. Ho'ina ka Pono: Restoring Relationships to a Valuable Balance
A. Ka'ehukai Burley
5. Restorative Justice Overview and Implementation in School Communities
Dwanna Nicole and Dr. Kevin Gilbert
6. Restorative Justice Through Empathy and Respect
Dr. Wesley Montoya, PhD
7. Restorative Justice: One Teacher's Perspective
Erika Strauss Chavarria
8. Administrators as Leaders in Restorative Justice
Matthew Vaughn-Smith
9. Black Lives Matter Paterson and Restorative Justice in Action: #communityisaverb
Zellie Imani
10. Columbia Community Care: The Power of Mutual Aid, Restorative Justice, and Partnerships
Erika Strauss Chavarria
Part 2B: Decolonizing Education: Justice-Driven Pedagogy, Practice, and Professional Learning
11. You Can't Bake a Cake in a Hurricane: Building Expertise in a High-Pressure Environment
Cristina Duncan Evans
12. A Framework for True Equity in Schools: The Awakening of Critical Consciousness and the Pursuit of Liberation
Charlotte Lartey
13. Decolonizing and Providing a Just Education to Indigenous Students and Those with Disabilities
Winter Marshall-Allen
14. Making Black Lives Matter in the Early Years: Centering Anti-Racist Approaches in
Early Childhood Education and Care
Dr. Denisha Jones
15. The NEA, Safe, Just, and Equitable Schools, and What We Need to Know to Build a Vision
Sobia Sheikh
16. Anti-Racism for White Educators
Terry Jess and Lucas Michener
Part 2C: Organizing for Racial Justice, Police-Free Schools, and Restorative Justice
17. Community-Led Grassroots Organizing and Youth-Centered Advocacy: An Interview with Erika Strauss Chavarria
Zakiya Sankara-Jabar
18. Organizing for Police-Free Schools: A Maryland Story
Jessica I. Nichols and Matthew Vaughn-Smith
Part 2D: Healing-Centered Practices
19. The Peace Room
Anjole Seawood-Wright
20. When They Come for You: Leaning into Community Care in the Face of Backlash
Jessyca Mathews, Lucas Michener, Chelsie Acosta, Charlotte Lartey, and Terry Jess (An Interview with Erika Strauss Chavarria; Based on a Presentation at the 2021 NEA Conference on Racial and Social Justice)
Biographies
Index
NOTE: Table of Contents subject to change up until publication date.
