Offers five practices to increase educational equity and eliminate marginalization based on race, disability, socioeconomics, language, gender and sexual identity, and religion. For each dimension of diversity, the book provides background information for understanding the current realities in schools and beyond, and suggests "disruptive practices" to replace the status quo in order to achieve full inclusion and educational excellence for every child.

1. This is so hard! The challenge and urgency of leading for equity -- 2. The stories we tell about why we don't do better -- 3. Preparing to learn for equity: key concepts and guiding principles -- 4. Exploring identities: race -- 5. Exploring identities: disability -- 6. Exploring identities: socioeconomics -- 7. Exploring identities: language -- 8. Exploring identities: sex, gender identity, and sexual identity -- 9. Exploring identities: religion -- 10. Routines for building effective and cohesive equity leadership teams -- 11. Team roles -- 12. Conducting a needs assessment -- 13. Analyzing data and identifying findings -- 14. A framework for designing sustainable, systemic, equity-focused change -- 15. Looking back and planning forward -- Conclusion: a final word -- Appendix A. Sample equity audit -- Appendix B. Tools for environmental scans.