{"title":"Financial Exigency and Mergers: Considering Identities and Interactions","authors":"Chase Moore, James W. Thomas, Holly Foster","doi":"10.1177/15554589231207805","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/15554589231207805","url":null,"abstract":"This case study is designed for graduate students interested in higher education finances. It presents the challenges that higher education is facing regarding financial exigency elements that have led to responses with a primary focus on mergers. This financial exigency process has also caused increased legal considerations in higher education settings as administrators, faculty, staff, and alumni challenge finances in academic settings. This case highlights the complex issues that administrators must confront while considering mergers that will provide students an opportunity to evaluate the complex issues related to the financial status of an institution of higher education.","PeriodicalId":321394,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership","volume":"121 33","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135138014","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Small Campus, Big Issues: Leading the New Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee","authors":"Craig R. Hadley","doi":"10.1177/15554589231206746","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/15554589231206746","url":null,"abstract":"Following public outcry surrounding George Floyd’s murder in 2020, President Blakeley Alexander of Small Midwestern College established the institution’s first diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) committee. After nearly a year, the two cochairs and eight committee members found themselves split into opposing factions amid the remote work challenges of COVID-19. The committee reached a tipping point when one of the two committee cochairs—also the Vice President (VP) of student services—inadvertently sent an email to the DEI committee, resulting in broken trust and demoralized spirits. Significant intervention is now required to right the ship, create an environment of trust, and move the committee forward.","PeriodicalId":321394,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership","volume":"113 4","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136382108","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Leading to Disrupt the School-to-Prison Pipeline","authors":"Ann Marie Cotman","doi":"10.1177/15554589231207007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/15554589231207007","url":null,"abstract":"The school-to-prison pipeline (STPP) describes in shorthand the problematic relationship between some students’ school experiences and their subsequent incarceration. One summer, in response to vocal concerned parents, a suburban school board adopted a zero-tolerance policy for smoking and vaping. Through the combined effects of the zero-tolerance approach, exclusionary punishments, the presence of SROs (school resource officers), racially disproportionate disciplinary practices, and a culturally nonresponsive school setting, 90 students were introduced to the criminal justice system in one school year. This case helps school leaders examine the elements of the STPP and how they work together to damaging effect. The questions and activities will guide readers to develop multiple ways to forestall and/or repair STPP supporting policies and practices.","PeriodicalId":321394,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership","volume":"7 2","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135112923","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kristin L. Kew, Monique Matute-Chavarria, Pamela Gray, Michelle Galaviz
{"title":"My Voice Matters: Native American Families Advocating for Children With Disabilities","authors":"Kristin L. Kew, Monique Matute-Chavarria, Pamela Gray, Michelle Galaviz","doi":"10.1177/15554589231201844","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/15554589231201844","url":null,"abstract":"Ms. Lewis, a Native American parent has a son named Ashkii who receives special education services in a rural elementary school located on a reservation. She has not received support from the individual education program team regarding Ashkii’s academic progress due to COVID-19. The challenges in accessing special education services for Ms. Lewis and her child raise issues about equity for students with disabilities during the pandemic. This case unpacks the intersections of race, disability, and the cultural and community wealth of Native American families in rural areas with limited resources.","PeriodicalId":321394,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership","volume":"63 5","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135511168","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
LaSonja Roberts, Mary Ebejer, Lok-Sze Wong, Detra Johnson
{"title":"Critical Cases for Antiracist Leadership: A Contribution to the Movement","authors":"LaSonja Roberts, Mary Ebejer, Lok-Sze Wong, Detra Johnson","doi":"10.1177/15554589231204062","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/15554589231204062","url":null,"abstract":"the roles we play in","PeriodicalId":321394,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136113062","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Building School-Based Health Partnerships: Opportunities and Challenges for Education Leaders","authors":"Tye A. Ripma","doi":"10.1177/15554589231204061","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/15554589231204061","url":null,"abstract":"Ms. Braun, a new Special Education Director in the Baso Unified School District, is under pressure to curtail district expenditures on special education services. In her quest to understand why special education enrollment has increased, Ms. Braun learns about the challenges students face when accessing physical and mental health services at school and in the community. This case illustrates how initiatives for improving special education intersect with other district priorities and sheds light on the challenges education and health administrators face in fostering effective cross-sector collaboration.","PeriodicalId":321394,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership","volume":"35 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136113992","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Using Social Justice Leadership Theory to Contextualize Detracking in the COVID-19 Era","authors":"Margaret Thornton","doi":"10.1177/15554589231202937","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/15554589231202937","url":null,"abstract":"Ten years ago, Sunnydale High School leaders worked with teachers and community members to create an international baccalaureate (IB)-for-all model to prevent racially and socioeconomically identifiable class levels. For nearly a decade, the program has been successful with stakeholders largely supporting the model. Following pandemic-related school building closures, faculty at Sunnydale High School are having trouble continuing to support students who had vastly different online school experiences. Some faculty and community members have asked the leadership to reconsider the model because they feel some students need additional support that cannot be provided in pre-IB or IB classes while maintaining high expectations for other students. The author offers learning activities through the lens of social justice leadership.","PeriodicalId":321394,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136113852","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Detra D. Johnson, LaSonja Roberts, Lok-Sze Wong, Mary Ebejer
{"title":"Consequential Issues of Censoring Curriculum: Who Has the Right to Ban What’s Read?","authors":"Detra D. Johnson, LaSonja Roberts, Lok-Sze Wong, Mary Ebejer","doi":"10.1177/15554589231201845","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/15554589231201845","url":null,"abstract":"Ms. Sampson, a White eighth-grade teacher in a predominately White suburban school district in the southern United States, decided to include several books in her lesson plan. Selected books were from the school’s library and had been previously approved by stakeholders as instructional resources for the district. One parent, a school board member, became enraged when he heard about the readings during a Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) back-from-spring-break celebration and contacted the district superintendent. A book was subsequently removed from the library and Ms. Sampson was placed on administrative leave without pay. This case centers on the critical race debate in public schools and how school leaders and other stakeholders address a teacher’s decision to diversify curriculum and instructional resources amid stakeholder pushback.","PeriodicalId":321394,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership","volume":"196 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136098827","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sinsery Gardner, Latifah A. Alremaih, Marlene Walton
{"title":"Encouraging, Increasing, and Inviting Fathers From Different Cultural and Religious Practices in Early Childhood Education","authors":"Sinsery Gardner, Latifah A. Alremaih, Marlene Walton","doi":"10.1177/15554589231200780","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/15554589231200780","url":null,"abstract":"Salim is the father of a young girl who attends Small Fortune Preschool located in the suburb of Detroit. Although he would like to regularly participate in his child’s school events, his beliefs restrain him from helping in the classrooms headed by female teachers, unless his wife is present. This case demonstrates some of the challenges that fathers from different cultural and religious backgrounds may experience in being an involved father in a preschool setting. The purpose of this case is to inform teachers about cultural barriers to family, specifically father involvement from minoritized culture and religious practices.","PeriodicalId":321394,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136280361","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"“I am not Your English Teacher”: Leadership for Addressing Xenophobia and Racism in the Wake of Demographic Change","authors":"Chandler Patton Miranda, Kristina Brezicha","doi":"10.1177/15554589231191711","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/15554589231191711","url":null,"abstract":"This case asks educational leadership students to consider how immigrant students new to a quickly changing community may interpret subtle messaging of unbelonging and overt xenophobic hostility. Despite her best intentions, the principal in this case struggles to connect with the Latinx students and families who were recent arrivals to the community and school. The authors ask future school leaders to consider how to make a school environment more inclusive for immigrant students and other students who may be marginalized for their differences.","PeriodicalId":321394,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership","volume":"39 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135200478","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}