Confronting Racism Together

A professional network of white superintendents leading largely white schools challenge themselves and their colleagues on racial equity Veteran superintendent Roy Seitsinger was consulting with fellow' superintendents on one district leaders plans to promote social justice in her mostly white...

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Published in:School Administrator 2021-03, Vol.78 (3), p.37-42
Main Author: Teitel, Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Community Attitudes
Community Relations
Education
Educational leadership
Enrollment
Enrollments
Floyd, George
Instructional Leadership
Leaders
Learning
Magnet Schools
Minority Group Students
Networks
Race
Racial Differences
Racism
School boards
School Districts
School superintendents
Social justice
Students
Superintendents
White people
White Students
Whites
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Summary:A professional network of white superintendents leading largely white schools challenge themselves and their colleagues on racial equity Veteran superintendent Roy Seitsinger was consulting with fellow' superintendents on one district leaders plans to promote social justice in her mostly white New England school district. Sharing Dilemmas Seitsinger, who serves as superintendent of the 440-student Preston Public Schools in eastern Connecticut, is part of a small distinctive group of white superintendents of predominantly white districts. (See related story' below:) Different personal and professional journeys led these white Connecticut superintendents to take on the hard W'ork of racial equity and social justice in their communities and for the young people they' serve. For Paul Freeman, an experienced superin- tendent in Guilford, a small coastal Connecticut town with an 85 percent white student enrollment, the urgency to join a network focusing on race, racism and equity came from white graduates coming back on visits to tell him they felt unprepared for the diverse world outside of their town.
ISSN:0036-6439