Department of Educational Administration
Date of this Version
9-19-2016
Document Type
Article
Citation
Contemporary Issues in Educational Leadership, 1:2 (2016) http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/ciel/
doi:10.5072/FK2XG9MD2P
Abstract
By their very nature, Colleges of Education have a heightened level of responsibility and opportunity to impact racism as they not only prepare future educators but also support current educators. As dean of a College of Education, I have been involved in strategic planning, goal setting, and data analysis that on the surface reflects an effort to address cultural competency and the need for preparing a more diverse pool of educators; however, the AERA message jolted me into more closely examining whether or not the college is truly meeting its obligations and having an impact on the existing racial disparity in education.
With a heightened awareness and sense of urgency, the college is intent on more actively advancing its role and responsibility to impact racial equity, holding fast to AERA’s message and, more broadly, to Ron Edmonds words shared in a 1978 speech, Some Schools Work and More Can: “We can whenever, and wherever we choose, successfully teach all children whose schooling is of interest to us. We already know more than we need, in order to do this. Whether we do it must finally depend on how we feel about the fact that we haven’t so far” (Education Advisory, 2007).
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