Transforming Education and Leadership : Promoting Equity, Learning, and Mental Health Across Educational Sectors (Transforming Education through Critical Leadership, Policy and Practice)

In a world where equity is increasingly contested,Transforming Education and Leadership offers a bold and timely intervention. This groundbreaking volume brings together voices from across continents and disciplines to illuminate how equity is not just an ideal, but a lived, practiced, and transformative force. Spanning diverse contexts, from classrooms in Asia and healthcare systems in Africa to digital spaces in North America, this volume explores how equity is enacted in real-world educational settings. Chapters delve into urgent issues such as gender justice, the ethical use of AI, language and identity, violence, and inclusive education. Through qualitative, narrative, ethnographic, digital, and quantitative methodologies, contributors reveal how equity can serve as both a conceptual lens and a methodological tool for reimagining leadership and education. Drawing from education, sociology, psychology, gender studies, economics, applied linguistics, and special education, this is a vital resource for scholars, practitioners, and policymakers, offering concrete examples of how equity is being advanced globally.