What you will find inside this provocative text:

It should come as no surprise, as the collection of papers in this book
show that we are up against it. Killing those we despise has become
normative in the political minds of both the powerful and the
marginalised. Framing those who are weakest as the architects of their
own disgusting state . it has become commonsense in all societies, rich
and poor.. Any counter-hegemonic project that seeks to rethink social
justice and reframe educational leadership is, without question,
confronting the enormous power of ordinariness, the commonsense...

For the authors in this book, there can be no valid excuses for ignorance in any aspect of education as theory/practice. That is:

- If we come to learn that all educational problems involve knowledge of complex systems and processes, then quick, simple solutions should not be an educators first or only expedient option.

- If all education requires a measure of cultural and contextual understandings, then uniform, standardized programs and lessons will not meet the needs of all children or communities.

- If educational change takes time and strenuous efforts to...

This book celebrates the promises of social justice, and provides the educational leadership research community with concrete, contextualized illustrations on how to address inequities and combat social, political and economic injustices through the education.

This book celebrates the promises of social justice, and provides the educational leadership research community with concrete, contextualized illustrations on how to address inequities and combat social, political and economic injustices through the education.