Contents
Foreword Christina M. Grant vii
Acknowledgments
xi
1. Storying the Gaps: Transforming Schools Through Story-Based Inquiry 1
Sharon M. Ravitch and Chloe Alexandra Kannan
2. Flux Pedagogy 20
Sharon M. Ravitch and Chloe Alexandra Kannan
3. Flux Leadership 54
Sharon M. Ravitch and Chloe Alexandra Kannan
4. Hard Pivot: Compulsory Crisis Leadership Emerges From a Space of Doubt 99
Andrew Phillips, Kelly Grimmett, and Elizabeth Fernandez-Vina
5. ?And How Are the Children?? 117
Rahshene Davis, Amelia Coleman-Brown, and Michael Farrell
6. Real Talk: Teaching and Leading While BIPOC 127
Deirdre Johnson Burel, Felicia Owo-Grant, and Michael Tapscott
7. Systems of Emotional Support for Educators in Crisis 148
Carla Haith and Jeannine Minort-Kale
8. Listening Leadership: The Student Voices Project 161
Manuela Adsuar-Pizzi
9. Global Engagement, Perspective Sharing, and Future Seeing in and Beyond Global Crisis 173
Drew Cortese, Kiet Hoang, and Clare Sisisky
10. Teaching and Leading During COVID-19: Lessons from Lived Experiences 189
Karen D?Avino, Muronji C. Inman-McCraw, and Curtis A. Palmore
11. Crisis Leader Literacies in K?12 Independent Schools During COVID-19 206
Jessica Flaxman, Christopher J. Hancock, and David Weiner
12. Rituals, Routines, and Relationships: High School Athletes and Coaches in Flux 222
Steve A. Brown
13. Story-Based Frameworks and Practices for Educational Change 232
Sharon M. Ravitch and Chloe Alexandra Kannan
Appendix A: Rapid-Cycle Inquiry Framing and Process Template 241
Appendix B: Rapid-Cycle Inquiry Design Process Template 244
Appendix C: Team Selection Considerations for Rapid-Cycle Inquiry 246
Appendix D: Existing Educational Data in Schools 248
Appendix E: Radical Student Check-Ins as a Form of Radical Self-Care 250
William N. Thomas, IV
About the Contributors 257
Index 264
