Strengths-Based Changemakers in Education: A Framework for Initiating Systemic Change

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Rebecca Atkins Alicia Oglesby

Strengths-Based Changemakers in Education

A Framework for Initiating Systemic Change

Rebecca Atkins, Alicia Oglesby

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Routledge
22 October 2025

Inclusive education & mainstreaming; Teaching staff; Schools

Strengths-Based Changemakers in Education is the perfect tool for educators looking for brief articles involving the history and current state of racial equity in education. Following each reading, educators can complete self-reflection questions, identify changes needed in their own school, and create a plan of action. The format allows for independent use or with professional learning communities, equity teams, or school improvement planning committees working to interrupt racism in their school.

The book explores different aspects of modern education beginning with a brief history, an understanding of laws and policies and their impact on education, and a dive into how schools are structured. Readers will then consider their own role in education, their school community, and the current state in which they work. Finally, the book considers implementation theory, resistance to change, and dismantling the current to create the new.

For use on its own or in conjunction with the authors’ book Interrupting Racism, this book lends itself well to use as a guiding resource for equity teams in schools.

By: Rebecca Atkins, Alicia Oglesby
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 380g
ISBN: 9781032717418
ISBN 10: 1032717416
Pages: 176
Publication Date: 22 October 2025
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

1. How Did We Get Here: A Brief History of the State of Race in Education 2. Education in Your State and Community 3. Better Understand Your School 4. You and Your School Community: Intensive Self-Reflection 5. Students and Your School Community 6. Change and Resistance to Change 7. Continued Change 8. Maintaining Progress: Dismantling the Foundation to Build Anew 9. Afterward: Resist

Alicia K. Oglesby is a high school counselor with over a decade of experience in urban education. She recently began her doctoral studies at The University of Pittsburgh. Rebecca Atkins is a lifelong educator, nationally board-certified school counselor, and frequent speaker and presenter. She currently serves as a central office administrator in North Carolina.

Reviews for Strengths-Based Changemakers in Education: A Framework for Initiating Systemic Change

""Strengths-Based Changemakers. In the face of difficulty and adversity, this book will help the reader to see that opportunities are being brilliantly disguised as impossibilities. Facing the critical need to stand and deliver to those who are actually doing the work and those impeding their progress, this book delivers the mail to the right address."" Dr Stephen Peters, President/CEO of The Peters Group and Consultant with Initiative One Leadership Institute ""Strengths-Based Changemakers in Education: A Framework for Initiating Systemic Change is an essential guide for educators committed to racial equity. This book equips individuals and teams with historical insights, self-reflection prompts, and actionable steps to drive meaningful change in their schools. It is a must-read for those ready to take action."" Sheldon L. Eakins, PhD, author and CEO of the Leading Equity Center