Contents Preface ?ix Acknowledgments ?xv 1. ?Iterative Justice ?1 Why Read This Book? ?1 Mental Models and Institutional Logics ?6 Improving Together ?8 What Do We Mean by Equity, and Why Do We Want It? ?9 Why Improvement Science and Equity Have More in Common Than You Might Think ?12 Values That Run Through This Book ?16 2. ?Centering the Experiences of Students ?18 Student Centered Versus Centering Students ?21 Belonging and Identity ?23 Marginalized Group Identity ?26 Social Homelessness ?29 Empathy and Empathy Interviews ?33 Focus Groups ?35 At Your Desk or in the Halls ?37 3 ?Dispositions of the Liberatory Improver ?38 Background on Dispositions ?40 Dispositions in Improvement Science ?42 Dispositions of Equity Leaders in Education ?44 Dispositions of Liberatory Improvers ?45 At Your Desk or in the Halls ?51 4. ?The Adjacent Possible ?53 Limitations of Traditional Mental Models ?55 Leveraging the Adjacent Possible ?59 At Your Desk or in the Halls ?66 5. ?Beliefs About Change and About People ?69 Attribution ?71 Defensive Routines ?73 Bias and Psychological Distance ?75 Mindsets ?77 Self-Efficacy and Stereotype Threat ?80 Identity ?81 Motivation ?82 Goals and Accountability ?83 Psychological Safety ?85 At Your Desk or in the Halls ?85 6. ?Dismantling Traditional Power Structures ?87 Traditional Power Structures ?88 Rationalization of Power ?91 Power and the Perception of Rightness ?92 Infantilization and Blame ?93 Interrogating the Status Quo ?95 Renegotiating Power ?96 Embracing Transformative Change ?98 Time as a Tool of Power ?99 Liberatory Power Sharing ?100 At Your Desk or in the Halls ?105 7. ?Broadening Our Concept of Data ?107 Data Contaminated by History ?108 A Test-Based Theory of Action ?109 Poor Assumptions and Unintended Consequences ?112 Reconfiguring Data Teams to Make Better Use of Data and Empower Teachers ?117 A Word on Equity Audits ?122 At Your Desk or in the Halls ?123 8. ?The Absolute Necessity of Conversation ?124 Why Conversations About Race Are So Difficult ?125 The Privilege of Comfort ?126 Conversation Skills ?129 Conversation: Where the Big Ideas Come Together ?136 At Your Desk or in the Halls ?139 Epilogue ?141 References ?143 Index ?151 About the Authors ?159.