Culturally Responsive School Leadership (Race and Education) by Muhammad Khalifa

Culturally Responsive School Leadership (Race and Education) Reviews

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  Melissa

  Eye opening! The changes we can make in our schools given culturally responsive leaders!
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  Emma Thornton

  Adding the books I read for school cover to cover bc I think that should count in my yearly total? Lol.
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  Brandy Montgomery

  Having already read the book twice for earlier classes, this is easy for me. I enjoyed this book. I think Khalifa does a great job of educating and discussing what goes on in schools from a statistics and data perspective. My one critique is still and will always be…he says he spent time in an actual school, and I believe him but has he spent time in a classroom recently? And while his example worked out for Principal Joe…the example and sample size were of a small school that he didn’t say was a charter school, but that sounded a lot like a charter school. I would love to implement some of his ideas, but unfortunately, district, state, and building-level leadership make a lot of these ideas impossible to do.
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  Allison Bachner

  I felt this book was redundant and too specific. Only one school was used in the study; therefore, all suggestions were for this school specific. While I recognize some ideas could be duplicated in other similar schools. I just didn't feel this gave me a better understanding on how to be a culturally responsive school leader.
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  Rolf

  Few books I have read manage to be both 1) theoretically rich and generative and 2) immensely practical and useful in applied settings, like professional development.
  
  This one squares that circle, and is a must-read for any current school leader.
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  Nicole

  Good ideas but a lot of repetition. Additionally, he practically outright states the ideas cannot be properly implemented unless you are a person of color. How is this beneficial to leaders who are not?
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  Gwen Anderson

  A must-read for all school leaders—including superintendents, principals, teachers, and support staff.
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  Maggie Mattmiller

  A must read for educators! I know it's geared toward admin, and admin have the power, but wow! So many good points, good strategies, good perspective. So glad I read this one.
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  Sia Fay

  A must read for all educators
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  Kaleria

  The book had some great ideas, but it felt quite repetitive. It might’ve been best as a chapter in another text or a long article.
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  John Byrnes

  Khalifa's text presents an excellent case study of building and rebuilding trust with families and students in the face of school reform.
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  Brooke

  There is so much to learn and so much work to do! Thank you;)
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  Lmoore

  Did not agree with all of this, but a great book to stimulate conversation and thought.
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  Megan

  Read for my MSEd Leadership degree. Overall, I appreciated the ideas presented.
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  Carlos

  I’d recommend all school leaders, current and aspiring, to read this book by Khalifa. Especially if you are committed to providing culturally responsive educational leadership. This book is friendly to read. This was a required reading for my educational leadership program. It did not feel like your typical textbook reading. This is what I liked most about the book. I learned a great deal from reading this book. The examples provided, the activities included, etc were all helpful.