Singleton, a consultant who specializes in issues of educational equity and teaches educational leadership at San Jose State U., draws on the argument from his first book, Courageous Conversations About Race: A Field Guide to Achieving Equity in Schools, that the US school system fails to meet the needs of students of color, and focuses on how to implement its theories and protocol to transform school leadership, learning, teaching, and engagement with families and communities of color. He reviews the components of the protocol and explores common barriers, then discusses what is different and the same in the racial landscape of schools since the first volume, followed by hot topics in racial equity like the achievement of black males, moving beyond black and white to include all students of color, the components of his systemic racial equity framework, and a case study of one school, as well as the work of his consulting firm in school systems across the country. Each chapter ends with a section in which education leaders detail their efforts facing race-relations challenges in classrooms, schools, and districts. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)