Build Equity, Join Justice: A Paradigm for School Belonging

Amy McCart · Wade Kelly · Wayne Sailor

Aug 2023 · Tantor Media Inc · Narrated by Trei Taylor

About this audiobook

A playbook for designing schools where no student is marginalized. Educators all over the country are waking to a collective realization: The hope and compassion they have for their students is not enough to counteract the inequitable policies and practices of the school system. Students and communities who have been historically disenfranchised along lines of race and disability continue to face predictable barriers to opportunity and independence. In Build Equity, Join Justice, the authors present a new path forward that leads away from deficit-focused policies and toward strengths-based practices. The authors' ten equity-advancing principles, based on the groundbreaking work of the SWIFT Education Center in multiple school districts, are designed to address the learning needs and social concerns of all students without requiring them or their advocates to "ask permission" to be included. Complete with practical tools and reflective activities throughout, this book empowers educators at every level to transform their schools into equity-advancing, justice-centered institutions.

About the author

Amy McCart is a research professor with Life Span Institute, SWIFT Education Center, and adjunct faculty with the Department of Special Education at the University of Kansas.

Wade Kelly is the assistant director of content development for the Life Span Institute, SWIFT Education Center.

Wayne Sailor is a clinical psychologist, professor in the Department of Special Education at the University of Kansas, and codirector of SWIFT Education.

Trei Taylor is an award-winning voice-over artist. Her background is extensive in the areas of production, copywriting, directing, and imaging through the use of audio and video concepts. Trei's voice-over niche areas include audiobooks and series, commercials, jingles/vocal performance, and satirical comedy narrations.