Redesigning Schools to Be Antiracist

Stephen Sharp is a school counselor and best-selling author. He has worked to provide students with the knowledge and skills to be healthy and successful in the 21st century. Stephen has served on the governing boards of both his local, state and national school counseling organizations. Stephen completed his M.Ed at Millersville University of Pennsylvania, and BA from Lycoming College. Steve is a best-selling author, and he is a co-founder of the Leadership Summit, a community-based social justice network to provide students the language and tools to understand and combat the many forms of oppression. Stephen is a Nationally Certified School Suicide Prevention Specialist, and worked with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to pilot an electronic behavioral health screening for schools. He works tirelessly across nationally to provide education and training on mental health, substance abuse, and inequality. Stephen frequently presents and writes on school counseling practice, leadership, technology, emerging career skills, mental health and race in education. Stephen was named the 2017 Pennsylvania Middle School Counselor of the Year.

Dedication About the Author Foreword by Cheryl Holcomb-McCoy Introduction Part I: Historic Design Chapter 1 - Colonial United States, Prototype for a Nation Chapter 2 - Early United States - Launching a New Country Chapter 3 - The Evolving America - Systems and Scientific Racism Part II - Unequal Futures - The Risk of Inequality in Systems Chapter 4 - Future Outcomes - Realities of Unequal Systems Part III - Systemic Change Chapter 5 - The Dynamics and Complexity of Systems Part IV - Designing Equitable Futures Chapter 6 - Reverse Engineering Racism and Equitable Designs Chapter 7 - Human Design - Future Systems Glossary References