“In an era when educators face increasing pressure to silence discussions of race, culture, and identity, Rick Rantz offers both intellectual clarity and moral courage. This book provides educators with the historical perspective, theoretical grounding, and practical strategies needed to sustain equity-centered teaching even in hostile policy environments.”

 

—Adrianna Kezar, Ph.D.

Director, Pullias Center for Higher Education

USC Rossier School of Education

Executive Editor, Change Magazine

University of Southern California

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"With intellectual clarity and moral courage, Rick Rantz has written a necessary book for this moment in educational history. At a time when equity initiatives are under sustained attack, Educating for Equity in an Era of Backlash provides a powerful reminder that schools are not neutral spaces. Rantz offers educators a deeply informed analysis of organized resistance while also providing pathways for sustaining culturally responsive and justice-centered education."

 

—James Earl Davis, Ph.D.

Professor and the Bernard C. Watson Endowed Chair

in Urban Education

College of Education and Human Development

Temple University

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 “A timely and urgent intervention, Educating for Equity in an Era of Backlash confronts the escalating assault on equity in education with clarity, courage, and purpose. Grounded in the conviction that education is never neutral, it offers indispensable tools for defending minoritized students and reimagining schools as sites of justice and belonging. At a moment when histories are erased and voices silenced, this work is both a guide and a call to action for those committed to sustaining democracy through education.”  

 

—Henry Armand Giroux, Ph.D.

Professor, English & Cultural Studies

University Chair for Scholarship in the Public Interest

McMaster University

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"Rick Rantz has written a timely account of the political forces reshaping education today. Educating for Equity in an Era of Backlash situates current debates within a longer history of organized resistance to inclusion and makes a compelling case that schools are never neutral spaces. Drawing on historical insight and contemporary analysis, Rantz shows both what is at stake for minoritized students and what educators can do to sustain equity in increasingly constrained environments. This is a thoughtful, grounded book that challenges readers to remain committed to justice even when the climate makes that work difficult.”

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—Marybeth Gasman
Samuel DeWitt Proctor Endowed Chair in Education

& Distinguished Professor
Graduate School of Education
Rutgers University - New Brunswick