Critical Race Structuralism, Equity, and Inclusion in Education

This volume presents Critical Race Structuralism as a framework for analyzing, explaining, and mitigating social and educational inequities. The book explores structural and systemic issues in schools with the aim of promoting greater DEI in education and beyond. With a focus on diversity and inclusion, it also addresses issues such as school policy, teacher pedagogy, curriculum design, and school leadership. The volume provides in-depth analyses of educational challenges to offer deeper conceptual understandings regarding how education can be used to heal and transcend inequities in schools, society, and beyond. Greg Wiggan is Professor of Urban Education, Adjunct Professor of Sociology, and affiliate faculty of Africana Studies at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA. He is an international scholar, researcher, public speaker, and education consultant with over 100 publications and 30 education books. His research examines the intersections between diversity, equity, inclusion (DEI), and school effects that promote high achievement in urban and other minoritized students. Annette Teasdell is an education consultant, scholar, and author. Her research addresses culturally responsive pedagogy, multicultural curriculum, and teacher preparation. She is currently Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction at Clark Atlanta University, USA. Marcia Watson-Vandiver is Associate Professor of Elementary Education at Towson University, USA. Her research interests and explores various intersections of Black education, including: resistance pedagogy, historical and contemporary issues in urban education, critical multiculturalism, and transformative/emancipatory learning. She has published books and many articles on these topics.