PartI Public Education as the Foundation of Democratic Society1. An American Education System with IntegrityDennis Shirley2. Engendering Student Civic Engagement: A Los Angeles Student Focus GroupEstella Owoimaha-Church3. Regaining the Democratic Heart of EducationGert Biesta4. Teaching for Democracy: The Role of Student Autonomy and AgencyMichael SoskilPartII An Equitable System for All5. Systems that Promote Equitable OutcomesJosh Parker6. Beyond Privilege: Using Student Perspectives to Create a More Equitable SystemJinni Forcucci, Kristin Nichols, and Karli Sunnergren7. The Day After: Education and Equity after the Global PandemicAndy Hargreaves8. Closing the Rural Opportunity GapLindsey Jensen9. Market Forces and Erosion of Education as a Public Good: Widening Equity GapsT. Jameson Brewer and Amanda U. PottertonPartIII Healthy Students, Healthy Schools, and Healthy Communities10. Educating the Whole ChildSean Slade11. Flipping the System: A Primer for the Classroom TeacherMairi Cooper12. Refugee and Immigrant Education: Strengthening Our CommunitiesMandy Manning13. Impact of Trauma on the Foundational Identities of Our ChildrenBeth Davey and Kelly D. HolstinePartIV Elevating Teacher Expertise into Education Decisions14. Teaching is a Political Profession: Stepping into the ArenaMelissa Tomlinson15. Lessons for the United States from International Education SystemsPasi Sahlberg16. A Case Study in Distributed Leadership: Sanger Unified School DistrictTracey Fritch17. #RedforEd and the Struggle for Our SchoolsNoah Karvelis18. Education Union Renewal: The Key to Flipping the SystemHoward StevensonPartV Supporting Teachers in a Flipped System19. Addressing the Shortage: Recruiting our Next Generation of TeachersKimberly Eckert20. Supporting Teachers from Historically Marginalized Communities Michael Peña, Winter Marshall-Allen, Carlos Avila, Melissa Collins, Alhassan Susso, and Jill Davidson21. Democratized Professional Learning: The Edcamp ModelDan Callahan22. Pockets of Innovation: Transformational Professional Learning and DevelopmentTrista Hollweck and Dyane SmokorowskiEpilogue The Death and Life of the TeacherJelmer Evers