Article
Leadership and the U.S. Superintendency: Issues of race, preparation and impact
School Leadership & Management
(2021)
Abstract
ABSTRACT
This article analyses the disaggregated data from the 2020
American Superintendent Decennial Study. The focus on
superintendents of colour provides important insight into
the ways individuals holding the highest rank in school
districts govern the instructional, facilities, fiscal, personnel,
and community relations matters as they comprehensively
prioritise students’ academic success and social wellbeing.
Given the historicity of marginalisation of people of colour,
the current heightened visibility of racial discrimination
waged against the Black community, and the
disproportionate health risks highlighted by the COVID-19
pandemic, our focus on the US superintendency is
poignantly timely and necessary. Purposely grounding this
article in an asset-based approach of exploring the work
and lives of superintendents who are not part of the
hegemonic norm – by centreing superintendents of colour
and women superintendents – we employ a lesser-used
tactic of emphasising underexplored leadership
experiences to highlight what we can learn from and
appreciate about them. In doing so, we mirror the current
state of the profession and the ways society influences it.
Considering recent increases in efforts to support the
humane treatment of Black lives on a global scale, this
article corroborates existing evidence detailing the ways
educators play a pivotal role in shaping children’s lives.
Keywords
- Gender,
- Race,
- Leadership,
- Superintendent
Disciplines
Publication Date
Summer May 27, 2021
DOI
DOI: 10.1080/13632434.2021.1922375
Citation Information
Angel Miles Nash and Margaret Grogan. "Leadership and the U.S. Superintendency: Issues of race, preparation and impact" School Leadership & Management (2021) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/margaret_grogan/7/