Pre-AP for Leaders

This article was published on June 12, 2018, by Stephen Sawchuck in Education Week.  This article talks about removing accelerated middle-school math classes in San Francisco in 2014.

This article was published on April 6, 2018, by Theresa Harrington in EdSource.  This article discusses unconscious racial bias in the educational setting.  In this article, the writer interviews Kate Gerson, one of the managing partners for the nonprofit UnboundEd and a previous teacher and principal.

This article was published on April 1, 2019, by Robin Avelar La Salle & Ruth S. Johnson on ASCD.org.  ASCD stands for Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.  This article talks about how we view students in regard to our communication with those students.

This article was published on May 20, 2019, by James Vaznis in the Boston Globe.  This article discusses how Cambridge Rindge and Latin High School changed their English and history classes, making all 9th and 10th-grade classes honor classes.

This article was published on April 11, 2019, by Laura Aguada-Hallberg & Louise Santiago on ASCD.org.  ASCD stands for Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. This article about equicentricity discusses the 5 steps to getting from awareness to commitment.  These 5 steps are to Name It, Activate Self-Awareness, Remember the Past, Commit to Change, and Schedule Self-Care.

This article was published on March 4, 2020, by Matt Barnum on Chalkbeat.org.  This article discusses a North Carolina study that looked at the racial makeup of schools and classrooms.  This highlights that it is difficult to find a truly integrated high school.

This is the first chapter of Detracking for Excellence and Equity by Carol Corbett Burris & Delia T. Garrity.  This chapter was provided as a free electronic download by ASCD.org.  Their link to download it can be found here:

https://www.ascd.org/books/detracking-for-excellence-and-equity?chapter=what-tracking-is-and-how-to-start-dismantling-it