Street Data: A Next-Generation Model for Equity, Pedagogy, and School Transformation Paperback – 15 Jun. 2021

Bought for an education class. I enjoy the material and find it interesting. Happy my professor chose this for our class.

I love this book it transformed the way I teach both in public schools and EDI type work! There are so many strategies I use every day like the questioning dyad I just can’t recommend it enough! A must-read if you’re a teacher or a fan of «Stop the hate » by dr. Campbell &dr Schwartz!

Worthwhile read and a strong argument in favor of collecting data that is at the human, individual level. Schools are often caught up in looking at spreadsheets and colorful graphs that aggregate data from multiple students (usually entire buildings, districts, and states). But what information does that give you? Are you attuned to the experiential component of schooling? Can you disaggregate the data and see, listen, and feel how individual students are interacting with and understanding themselves as learners and people?The authors offer a compelling case that we need to spend more time collecting data and information by talking and listening to all stakeholders. You probably can't make colorful graph with this data but it does give you a deeper and more meaningful sense of stakeholders' sense of belonging, their sense of self, and their needs. Large data trends ("satellite data") can help you identify problems and ask critical questions; street data allows you to put a face, an experience, and a person behind that data and humanize teaching and learning.

This book is the key to teaching through an equity lens. If this book doesn't make you think everything you think you know about education, nothing will!

Street Data shares a systems-based leadership model and strategies to “walk the talk” of truly transformative school and district transformation. As someone with 25+ years experience in education as a teacher, school building leader, and district leader, this book is the handbook I am going to be referring to often. Safir and Dugan name powerful truths about how we often make decisions without listening to those who are most marginalized in our school systems. This book includes a powerful structure supported with specific practices and examples that avoid a cookie cutter one-size fits all model. Street Data bridges a cohesive equitable school transformation that is both visionary and sustainable. I strongly urge all district and school administrators and teacher leaders to read this book.