Talk:Social justice educational leadership

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Ellen, Thank you for informing on the topic of Social Justice Leadership. It was not a term I was familiar with prior to reading your article. I found no bias in your article, and I thought each section was well crafted. Below are a few suggestions for improvement.

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Intro:

In order for your first sentence to really stand out as a definition, consider including the statement "a style of leadership." Example: Social justice leadership is "a style of leadership" grounded in the belief that all students can and will reach proficiency, without exceptions or excuses.

Goals of social justice leadership

I was wondering if it is necessary to write references as we do in papers? Example: "As described by Scheurich and Skrla, “In striving for both equity and excellence… we are aiming for schools in which there are no persistent patterns of differences in academic success or treatment among students grouped by race, ethnicity, culture, neighborhood, income of parents, or home language. In other words, we are aiming to foster schools that literally serve each and every student really well.” (pg. 2).[1]" Do we need to say "as described by....authors" and put the page number?

Mejac

Social Justice Leadership

Hi Ellen, thank you for this article, I enjoyed reading through it, and also learnt new information about social justice leadership. Just a few thoughts down here:

1. In the lead section, " Rather than focusing on one group of students who traditionally struggle, social justice leaders address the equity needs of all students, including race, income, language, ability, gender, and sexual orientation. " is confusing. Is there a better way to phrase it?
2. All the following sub sections should be sections (formatting tip: use == instead of ===)
3. I really like that your page links out to various other Wiki articles, this improves alignment of your article. Good work!
4. Just a suggestion: Will it be possible to have a further reading section here, I think it is important that ewe redirect our users to other relevant pages if they want more information about Social Justice Leadership.

I hope you find these useful. Thanks! Trawat (talk) 17:45, 16 April 2015 (UTC)

Draft comments

Hi Embins. I've made a few edits to your draft and I have some comments:

• I think you've done a pretty good job with this article. It is clear, well cited and helpful.
• Is there research available on the incidence of these practices? I think a small section noting case studies, surveys or other research (if it is available) might be very helpful to the reader. It will help them answer questions like "Is this a common practice?" "Is it a new practice?" "Does it improve outcomes?" We don't necessary have to answer those questions explicitly (especially because we can't predict them beforehand!), but it may help to provide sources and some context so the reader can answer them using the information we've provided.
• "In order to assess whether these patterns of difference exist..." This paragraph has two issues: First, we cite Johnson & La Salle parenthetically but don't give the reader a reference to read the original source themselves. I suspect that we're following Capper in pointing to that research (and it is good to show our work) but a simple inline citation to Johnson & La Salle would help. Second, the first sentence is unclear to me. What audits do they perform? How prevalent is the practice, etc.
• I don't think a general reader will be familiar with the term "social justice leader". I would recommend replacing this term with a more generic one: educators or activists as needs be. It will make the text read more clearly and it will make it easier for a general reader to understand.

Please let me know if you have any questions about the above. Thanks! Adam (Wiki Ed) (talk) 14:33, 20 April 2015 (UTC)

What is the subject of this article?

What is social justice educational leadership? Is it a particular paradigm/framework/tradition that people refer to by name and has developed over time? Is this article about how educational leaders pursue social justice? Is it about leadership at all, or is it about social justice in education? Daask (talk) 20:10, 7 May 2024 (UTC)