Equity Traps
A Useful Construct for Preparing Principals to Lead Schools That Are Successful With Racially Diverse Students
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23317675 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kathryn Bell Mckenzie (0000-0002-4359-3366, Department of Educational Administration and Human Resource Development at Texas A & M University, College Station), J J Scheurich (0000-0002-6450-1782) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 601-632 |
| Publication date | 2004-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Educational Administration Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-161X • E-ISSN: 1552-3519 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0013161x04268839 |
| OpenAlex | W2123341271 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 61 |
| References cited | 20 |
The concept of equity traps evolved from a qualitative study that revealed the conscious and unconscious thinking patterns and behaviors that trap teachers, administrators, and others, preventing them from creating schools that are equitable, particularly for students of color. Although the results of this original study exposed these equity traps, merely exposing the traps is not sufficient. Hence, the purpose of this article is to offer a useful, pragmatic construct to professors in educational administration departments to help them prepare their principal candidates to be able not only to identify these equity traps but also to understand them and be able to implement strategies to avoid or eliminate these traps. Therefore, the authors clearly define the four equity traps—the deficit view, racial erasure, employment and avoidance of the gaze, and paralogic beliefs and behaviors—and offer practical, successful strategies to avoid or free educators from these traps.
Construct (python library) · Educational Equity · Equity (law) · Pedagogy · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · Unconscious mind · Computer Science · Diverse Education Studies and Reforms · Education Discipline and Inequality · Psychology · Social Psychology · Teacher Education and Leadership Studies
Liderazgo para la Justicia Social
The Scholarship Informing the Practice
Equitable Access for Secondary English Learner Students
Social Justice Leadership as Praxis
The (un)coupling of language and race in a Green Mong teacher’s advocacy for dialect equity
Developing as Teacher Leaders for Social Justice
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall
Building an equitable pipeline of educators by assessing equity and customizing innovative professional development
Outward portrayals of equity
Developing mindsets for equity-focused continuous improvement
Leadership for the Future
Centering Equity within Principal Preparation and Development
Resilience in the context of multiple adverse circumstances? Leadership capacity and teachers’ practice during Covid-19 at schools serving disadvantaged communities
Challenging Deficit Discourses with Counterstories of Cultural Wealth
Pan-Diversity Integration as an Equity Trap
Determining Who Is Worthy
“You Have to Lift Black Children Up”
Young children co‐constructing science
Cares360
Diversity Ideology and School Leadership
Supporting multilingual students from policy to practice
Attempting to fracture the neoliberal hold on early educators’ practical conceptions of teaching
Creating More Effective Multiethnic Schools
Counternarratives of English learners with disabilities
Applied critical race theory
Isn’t that what “those kids” need?’ Urban schools and the master narrative of the ‘tough, urban principal’
Who will fit in with whom?’ Inclusive education struggles for students with dis/abilities
Stimulating tensions in special education teachers' figured world
Situating my positionality as a Black woman with a dis/ability in the provision of equity-focused technical assistance
The role of an epistemology of inclusivity on the pursuit of social justice
Bureaucratic Beliefs and Representation
Directions and Mis-Directions in Multicultural Education
The Miseducation of a Beginning Teacher
Complicity with conservatism
What we're teaching teachers
Set in Stone” or “Willing to Grow”? Teacher sensemaking during a growth mindset initiative
Racial Equity and Opportunity Gaps
Culturally Responsive School Leadership
Examining Latina/o Students’ Experiences of Injustice
The Enactment of Anti-Deficit Thinking by Latina/o/x School Leaders
A Tale of Racial Fortuity
The Structure of Tracking
The Elusiveness of Equity
The Politics of Priorities in Turbulent Times
Educational Micropolitics and Distributed Leadership
Caregiver Engagement in Religious Urban Elementary Schools
Inequality in Black and White High School Students’ Perceptions of School Support
Enacting Social Justice Leadership Through Teacher Hiring
Unpacking Everyday “Teacher Talk” About Students and Families of Color
Transforming Out-of-School Challenges Into Opportunities
Obscuring Equity in Dual Language Bilingual Education
Leading Equitable Distance Education During Times of Crisis
Varying Teacher Expectations and Standards
Deficit Thinking and the Effective Teacher
School–Community Partnerships, Friend or Foe? The Doublespeak of Community With Educational Partnerships
Just Let the Worst Students Go”
Academic Tracking of English Learners With Disabilities in Middle School
Creating and Sustaining Inclusive Instructional Settings for English Language Learners
The Integration Project Among White Teachers and Racial/Ethnic Minority Youth
From freedom dreams to realities
Creating conditions for social-emotional learning
Off white
Savage inequalities
White Reign
Handbook of qualitative research
Race, identity, and representation in education
Race, Identity, and Representation in Education
Exploring the Principal's Contribution to School Effectiveness
Moral Leadership
The bell curve
The Evolution of Deficit Thinking
Anti-Racist Scholarship
Displacing Deficit Thinking in School District Leadership
Accountability and Educational Equity in the Transformation of an Urban District
Funds of knowledge for teaching
Displacing Whiteness
Conceptualising Racisms
| Unique citing works | 61 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3,05 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2026 (21) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 59 |