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Handbook of Research on Educational Leadership for Equity and Diversity, Pape.... Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (). Handbook of Research on Educational Leadership for Equity and Diversity, Paperback by Tillman, Linda C. (EDT); Scheurich, James Joseph (EDT), ISBN 0415657466, ISBN-13 9780415657464, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US Sixty-three academics and researchers from the US and Canada contribute to the first research-based handbook to comprehensively address the broad diversity in US schools by race, ethnicity, culture, language, gender, disability, sexual identity, and class. Twenty-nine chapters are organized into seven sections examining how central issues of equity and diversity have been addressed in the past and how they should be addressed in the future; understanding and working successfully with the racial and ethnic diversity in US schools; understanding and working successfully with the language, social class, culture, ability, and sexual orientation/gender identity in US schools; lessons from leadership research on equitable and excellent schools; critical issues in achieving successful schooling of all students, including poverty, prejudice, and discrimination; and university preparation of successful school leaders for diverse, equitable schools. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()