Radical Care offers a much-needed framework that will guide leadership practice with a sense of urgency and a spirit of hope and calls for today’s leaders to thoughtfully challenge existing structures that reproduce inequality.
Drawing from 20 years of researching and working in New York City public schools, Rosa Rivera-McCutchen outlines the five components of radical care: adopting an antiracist stance, cultivating authentic relationships, believing in students’ and teachers’ capacity for excellence, leveraging power strategically, and embracing a spirit of radical hope.