Leading Anti-Bias Early Childhood Programs

This popular book focuses on the leader's role in initiating and sustaining anti-bias education in programs for young children and their families. This second edition emphasizes how the journey requires thoughtful, strategic, long-term planning that addresses all components of an early childhood care and education program. The authors, who are recognized leaders and experts on anti-bias education with extensive experience as early childhood directors, use a powerful combination of frameworks and practical tools to explain the structural and individual changes that leaders must foster. This updated edition features anti-bias leaders from diverse settings who share their insights and strategies for working with teachers and families.

Book Features:

• The principles and guidelines for program-wide transformation.
• Professional development activities for teachers at all levels of experience.
• Approaches for engaging with families around social justice values.
• Strategies for strengthening the leader's ability to initiate and sustain anti-bias change.
• Tools for documenting a program's progress in anti-bias education.

New for the Second Edition:

• Voices of additional leaders from the field, highlighting BIPOC center directors from diverse settings.
• Updated research, references, and terminology.
• Strategies and activities for teacher professional development and family engagement based on 7 years of using the first edition.
• Expanded section on responding to opposition to anti-bias education, addressing the current political environment.