{"product_id":"safe-is-not-enough-better-schools-for-lgbtq-students-paperback","title":"Safe Is Not Enough: Better Schools for LGBTQ Students - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Sadowski\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eKevin Jennings\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSafe Is Not Enough\u003c\/i\u003e illustrates how educators can support the positive development of LGBTQ students in a comprehensive way so as to create truly inclusive school communities.\u003c\/b\u003e Using examples from classrooms, schools, and districts across the country, Michael Sadowski identifies emerging practices such as creating an LGBTQ-inclusive curriculum; fostering a whole-school climate that is supportive of LGBTQ students; providing adults who can act as mentors and role models; and initiating effective family and community outreach programs. \u003cbr\u003e While progress on LGBTQ issues in schools remains slow, in many parts of the country schools have begun making strides toward becoming safer, more welcoming places for LGBTQ students. Schools typically achieve this by revising antibullying policies and establishing GSAs (gay-straight student alliances). But it takes more than a deficit-based approach for schools to become places where LGBTQ students can fulfill their potential. In \u003ci\u003eSafe Is Not Enough\u003c\/i\u003e, Michael Sadowski highlights how educators can make their schools more supportive of LGBTQ students' positive development and academic success. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eSafe Is Not Enough\u003c\/i\u003e, Michael Sadowski highlights how educators can make their schools more supportive of LGBTQ students' positive development and academic success. Using examples from classrooms, schools, and districts across the country, he identifies emerging practices such as creating an LGBTQ-inclusive curriculum; fostering a whole-school climate that is supportive of LGBTQ students; and initiating effective community outreach programs. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"This compelling volume showcases exemplary people and programs to inspire the next wave of school reform on behalf of sexual minority and transgender students. It proves that LGBTQ curricular inclusion and student affirmation is transformative, regardless of district demographics or culture.\" \u003cbr\u003e --\u003cb\u003eArthur Lipkin\u003c\/b\u003e, author, \u003ci\u003eBeyond Diversity Day: A Q\u0026amp;A on Gay and Lesbian Issues in Schools\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Michael Sadowski provides an exhilarating vision of the future we have long sought: schools that embrace and affirm LGBTQ youth and celebrate diversity. Our movement has led the nation in improving how LGBTQ students are treated, and this book provides a thrilling overview of the transformation underway in great schools nationally.\" \u003cbr\u003e --\u003cb\u003eEliza Byard\u003c\/b\u003e, executive director, GLSEN \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Academic success is only possible when students know that they are safe, welcomed, and valued in the classroom and the school, and when LGBTQ identities are honored and included in the school curriculum. \u003ci\u003eSafe Is Not Enough\u003c\/i\u003e gives educational leaders meaningful strategies for transforming the organizational- and classroom-level response to supporting LGBTQ students.\" \u003cbr\u003e --\u003cb\u003eChristopher McGinley\u003c\/b\u003e, professor of educational leadership, Temple University, and former superintendent of Lower Merion School District, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Sadowski\u003c\/b\u003e is a faculty member in education at Bard College and is the director of the Bard Early College-Hudson Initiative. \u003cb\u003eKevin Jennings\u003c\/b\u003e is the executive director of the Arcus Foundation. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Sadowski\u003c\/b\u003e teaches about youth development and education at Bard College and is director of the Bard Early College-Hudson Initiative, a program to offer Bard courses to high school students in New York's Hudson Valley. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eIn a Queer Voice: Journeys of Resilience from Adolescence to Adulthood\u003c\/i\u003e (Temple University Press, 2013) and \u003ci\u003ePortraits of Promise: Voices of Successful Immigrant Students\u003c\/i\u003e (Harvard Education Press, 2013). He also is the editor of the Harvard Education Press book series on youth development and education; \u003ci\u003eAdolescents at School: Perspectives on Youth, Identity, and Education\u003c\/i\u003e, now in its second edition with Harvard Education Press; and \u003ci\u003eTeaching Immigrant and Second-Language Students: Strategies for Success\u003c\/i\u003e (Harvard Education Press, 2004). He has written numerous articles and book chapters for publications such as \u003ci\u003eEducational Leadership\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIssues in Teacher Education\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eEncyclopedia of the Life Course and Human Development\u003c\/i\u003e, and he has contributed op-ed pieces to the LGBTQ news magazine the \u003ci\u003eAdvocate\u003c\/i\u003e. In addition, Michael was editor of the \u003ci\u003eHarvard Education Letter\u003c\/i\u003e, for which he won the National Press Club Award for analytical newsletter journalism; served as a faculty member at the Harvard Graduate School of Education; was vice-chair of the Massachusetts Governor's Commission on Gay and Lesbian Youth; and taught high school and middle school English and theatre at public schools in New York and Massachusetts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 232\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 09, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51790911668510,"sku":"9781612509426","price":57.22,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0992\/5063\/5038\/files\/SVFCVGdpQm9aK0R3bk5HbDhtSjZodz09.webp?v=1777397943","url":"https:\/\/emergence-pathways.myshopify.com\/products\/safe-is-not-enough-better-schools-for-lgbtq-students-paperback","provider":"Emergence Pathways","version":"1.0","type":"link"}