This is a riveting book that contains a compilation of powerful essays that cogently argue why multicultural education is important for educational leaders. Using a critical multicultural framework the contributors of this powerful book highlight the varying ways racism finds its way into schools.

Foreword by Floyd Beachum Series Foreword Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1 Preparing School Leaders to Understand Multicultural Education Judith Douglas Chapter 2 School Leaders and Multicultural Education in Black Schools: A Critical Race Theory & Antiracist Perspective Abul Pitre and Pamela Adams Chapter 3 The Cultural Awakening of a White Educator: We Can’t Lead Students .We Don’t Know Mindy Vickers Chapter 4 Multicultural Education, Curriculum and Critical White Studies for Educators Abul Pitre & Esrom Pitre Chapter 5 Responding to the Education Challenge: Critical Black Pedagogy for School Leaders Abul Pitre Chapter 6 Rich Man, Poor Man: Socioeconomic Status and District Wealth as a Determinant of Student Achievement in Public Schools Seth Walter Powers Chapter 7 Exposing the Socially Embedded Undercurrent of Racism in the American Education System James M. Bass Chapter 8 Multicultural Education: An Ethical, Moral, and Social Justice Imperative Abul Pitre About the Editors