“Shattering Inequities is a stunning book—in its courage, precision, relentless problem solving, and utter clarity. It tackles the most devastating problem of the day facing our school system and society as a whole: the growing and towering inequality of performance that is endemic in our public school systems. No one has laid out and dissected the array of inequity problems so clearly; no one has systematically dealt with each problem so convincingly. No one has identified every aspect of inequity with such exposition; no one has dealt with each problem with such dispatch.

Robin Avelar La Salle and Ruth Johnson have done the seemingly impossible. They don’t underestimate the apparent intractability of attacking inequity, but somehow they show and make the reader believe that “this phenomenon” (reducing inequity) is decidedly possible. Each chapter is succinct and powerfully action oriented. Every solution and action in the book—successful or not—is based on real people in real solutions. By the end of the book there are no hypotheticals.”

Excerpt From: Robin Avelar La Salle & Ruth S. Johnson. “Shattering Inequities.”

Thank you to the following team members who contributed to the development of this book study.

• Adela Flores-Bertrand

• Carrie Brown

• Clarissa Brown

• Dawn Brawley

• Donna Dorsey

• Erica Square

• Mary Landero

• Renee Hill

• Rochelle Kanatzar

• Steven Dunlap

• Steve Kong

• Steven Ybarra

• Tasceaie Churchwell

• Tiffany Farris

• Victor Cisneros