Antiracism and cultural competence, when incorporated into early childhood education, can powerfully impact young children's social and emotional development. Authors Christine Mason, Randy Ross, Orinthia Harris, and Jillayne Flanders guide leaders in cultivating compassion and equity in their school communities. Explore reflective practices with questions and activities based on fifteen principles to address inequities affecting students, staff, and families. This book will help preK-3 leaders and childcare center directors: Cultivate antiracism and cultural competence with visioning, action planning, targeted professional development, and curricula that support equity and justice Address implicit bias, even in the midst of dissension among staff and families Develop an antiracist, culturally competent school climate Deepen their own knowledge and understanding of chapter content using reflection questions and activities Reduce inequities leading to the preschool-to-prison pipeline Contents: Foreword Introduction: Kind Minds and Big Hearts Part 1: Foundations Chapter 1: Bold Leadership--Necessary for Heart Centered, Antiracist Education Chapter 2: Historical Threads of Bias--Acknowledgment of What Must Change Chapter 3: Support for All Students--A Continuum From Multicultural to Antiracist Movements Chapter 4: My Heart to Yours--A Heart Centered Lens Chapter 5: One C to Another--The Five Cs of Heart Centered Learning Chapter 6: A Deep Dive--The HEART+ of the Matter Part 2: Practical Steps Leaders Can Take Chapter 7: HEART+--A Focus on Action Chapter 8: So Many Wrongs to Right--Antibias Education Chapter 9: Circles of Love--School Culture and Restorative Practices Chapter 10: A Mountain of Courage--Visioning and Action Planning Part 3: Antiracist Curriculum and Staff Support Chapter 11: A Light to Shine Together--Professional Development and Supports Chapter 12: Curricula for Young Children--The Building Blocks for Equity in Early Childhood Chapter 13: A Bar to Be Raised--Equity in Early Childhood Educator Standards Chapter 14: Early Childhood Staff Support--Equitable Professional Pathways Chapter 15: A Look at the Future--Leadership to Embrace Change Epilogue: Toward a More Just and Inclusive World Appendix A: Equity Activities for Early Childhood Leaders Appendix B: Discussion and Challenge Questions for Each Chapter References and Resources Index

Christine Mason, PhD, is the founder and senior scholar of the Center for Educational Improvement (CEI) and an assistant clinical professor of psychology at Yale University. An educational psychologist, researcher, and entrepreneur, Christine served as the executive director of CEI from 2009 to 2023, the co–principal investigator of the Compassionate School Leadership Academy from 2022 to 2023, and the cohost of the Cultivating Resilience of the Whole Community Approach for Alleviating Trauma in Schools podcast from 2021 to 2023. She is the lead author of six books on topics related to mindfulness, student well-being, and school leadership. Her latest release is Little Learners, Big Hearts: A Teacher’s Guide to Nurturing Empathy and Equity in Early Childhood (2024), which is published by Solution Tree Press. She has coauthored two Solution Tree books with Michele M. Rivers Murphy and Yvette Jackson: Mindfulness Practices: Cultivating Heart Centered Communities Where Students Focus and Flourish (2018) and Mindful School Communities: The Five Cs of Nurturing Heart Centered Learning (2020). She also released Leading With Vitality and Hope: Embracing Equity, Alleviating Trauma, and Healing School Communities in 2023.
To learn more about Christine’s work, visit.edimprovement.org.

Randy Ross, MA, MS, has more than fifty years’ experience as a writer, teacher, administrator, coach, and facilitator of dialogue and professional learning. For nearly thirty years, she has worked with community, school, district, and state education leaders on equity issues in school climate, social-emotional learning, discipline, interracial dialogue, and antibullying policies and practices.

Orinthia Harris, PhD, has over two decades of extensive experience in both classroom and extracurricular settings. Affectionately known as Dr. OH, she is the founder and executive director at STEMearly LLC, an organization dedicated to reigniting the passion to teach while equipping both educators and students with the essential tools for thriving. Her workshops and training sessions encompass STEM education through a hands-on, experiential approach and an array of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging topics. She has presented at numerous national conferences, such as those of the National Association for the Education of Young Children, the National Head Start Association, Smart Start, and the Division for Early Childhood within the Council for Exceptional Children.

Jillayne Flanders, BA, MEd, CAGS, is still learning and teaching. Although she is officially retired after thirty-seven years as an elementary public school principal and teacher, Jill continues to advise, mentor, and coach aspiring teachers and administrators, and is energized by the commitment of our next generation of educators. It is her greatest goal to ensure that these new educators keep social-emotional learning, antiracism, and relationship building as the fundamental keys in supporting students in school. She is the executive director of CEI, which is in its second year of a federal grant in partnership with Yale University for the Compassionate School Leader Academy, where Jill also serves as the executive director.

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