A Single Garment: Creating Intentionally Diverse Schools That Benefit All Children - Softcover

Siegel-Hawley, Genevieve

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1682534340 ISBN 13: 9781682534342

Publisher: Harvard Education Press, 2020

Synopsis

In A Single Garment, Genevieve Siegel-Hawley explores the leadership, policies, and practices that support contemporary school integration. Drawing on a wide range of sources, as well as her own experience as a parent, former student, and teacher, Siegel‐Hawley provides a richly layered account of four Richmond, Virginia schools, each committed to building successful, diverse communities as a foundation for a just, democratic society.

Siegel-Hawley explores a range of internal and external considerations for promoting integration through portraits of four schools: a preschool, a suburban elementary school, an urban middle school, and a regional high school. She takes an in-depth look at how students are assigned to classrooms, how families are engaged, and who gets access to what curricula and which teachers. Siegel-Hawley also delves into what it takes to bring students together in the first place, and how policies and practices regarding student assignment and school choice, transportation, and outreach can work to support or undermine integration.

Timely and compelling, A Single Garment, makes a powerful argument in favor of local, intentional integration efforts at a critical moment. The book illuminates a way forward for school leaders, policy makers, and others interested in pursuing equitable education in an age of shifting demographics and divisive politics.
 

About this title

About the Author

Genevieve Siegel-Hawley, PhD, is an associate professor in the School of Education at Virginia Commonwealth University. She examines the scope and dynamics of school segregation and resegregation in US metropolitan areas, along with policies for promoting more integrated schools and communities. Siegel-Hawley has published numerous articles dealing with these topics in journals like Teachers College Record, the Harvard Educational Review, Educational Researcher, and the Urban Review. She is also the author of When the Fences Come Down: 21st Century Lessons from Metropolitan School Desegregation (UNC Press, 2016), an analysis of school and housing segregation in four southern metropolitan areas. Siegel Hawley received her doctorate in urban schooling from UCLA and her master’s in educational policy and management from Harvard. She is a Richmond native and a proud graduate of and former teacher in Richmond Public Schools.

From the Back Cover

In A Single Garment, Genevieve Siegel-Hawley explores the leadership, policies, and practices that support contemporary school integration. Drawing on a wide range of sources, including her own experience as a parent, former student, and teacher, Siegel‐Hawley provides a richly layered account of four Richmond, Virginia schools, each committed to building successful, diverse communities as a foundation for a just, democratic society.

Timely and compelling, A Single Garment makes a powerful argument in favor of local, intentional integration efforts at a critical moment. The book illuminates a way forward for school leaders, policy makers, and others interested in pursuing equitable education in an age of shifting demographics and divisive politics.

“Beginning with a compelling and deeply personal letter to her daughter, Genevieve Siegel-Hawley has written a book rooted in her unwavering commitment to school integration as a mechanism for creating a more racially-just society. Based on rich evidence from four schools, Siegel-Hawley provides powerful strategies for educators, policy makers, and parents who are committed to school integration.”
— John B. Diamond, Kellner Family Distinguished Chair in Urban Education, University of Wisconsin - Madison

“Informed by a deep knowledge of new research on the benefits of integration, this book tells the story of schools and their communities working for change in our segregated society. It is about four schools and their successes and challenges told by an accomplished scholar who brings multiple perspectives and her lived experience into a rich discussion of what we can learn from their efforts. This book is an oasis of hope and vision for our educators and our young families.”
—Gary Orfield, Distinguished Professor & Co-director, Civil Rights Project, University of California, Los Angeles

Genevieve Siegel‐Hawley is an associate professor in educational leadership at Virginia Commonwealth University.

From the Inside Flap

In A Single Garment, Genevieve Siegel-Hawley explores the leadership, policies, and practices that support contemporary school integration. Drawing on a wide range of sources, including her own experience as a parent, former student, and teacher, Siegel‐Hawley provides a richly layered account of four Richmond, Virginia schools, each committed to building successful, diverse communities as a foundation for a just, democratic society.

Timely and compelling, A Single Garment makes a powerful argument in favor of local, intentional integration efforts at a critical moment. The book illuminates a way forward for school leaders, policy makers, and others interested in pursuing equitable education in an age of shifting demographics and divisive politics.

"Beginning with a compelling and deeply personal letter to her daughter, Genevieve Siegel-Hawley has written a book rooted in her unwavering commitment to school integration as a mechanism for creating a more racially-just society. Based on rich evidence from four schools, Siegel-Hawley provides powerful strategies for educators, policy makers, and parents who are committed to school integration."
-- John B. Diamond, Kellner Family Distinguished Chair in Urban Education, University of Wisconsin - Madison

"Informed by a deep knowledge of new research on the benefits of integration, this book tells the story of schools and their communities working for change in our segregated society. It is about four schools and their successes and challenges told by an accomplished scholar who brings multiple perspectives and her lived experience into a rich discussion of what we can learn from their efforts. This book is an oasis of hope and vision for our educators and our young families."
--Gary Orfield, Distinguished Professor & Co-director, Civil Rights Project, University of California, Los Angeles

Genevieve Siegel‐Hawley is an associate professor in educational leadership at Virginia Commonwealth University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Harvard Education Press
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1682534340
• ISBN 13: 9781682534342
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272