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Dr. Sharla Horton
Dec 4, 20243 min read
It's Time to Stop with Secret Salaries
In one of my lines of consulting work, I support a few high-performing senior organizational leaders each year in their career...
Dr. Sharla Horton
Nov 23, 20247 min read
An Open Letter to Black Women Educators: Protect Our Girls
Dear Fellow Black Women Educators, My heart is heavy as I write this letter to you. To us. Like many of you, I've dedicated my life to...
Dr. Sharla Horton
Oct 31, 20244 min read
Heavyweights and the Heavy Weight: Black Women Leaders and Wellness at Work
As I sit at my home office desk and breathing in the cool fall air from my open windows, I should feel accomplished. And I do. But I also...
Dr. Sharla Horton
Apr 25, 20236 min read
More than a dream: the truth about Dr. King's message, method, and mission
Yes. Dr. King had a dream. We have all heard it. We all know it. Conservatives and moderates won’t let us forget it. But Dr. King was so...
Dr. Sharla Horton
Apr 25, 20235 min read
Buffalo...
Community. Resilient. Bills. Pride. Good bones. Snowstorms. Beautiful. Tough. Like a living room. Classic. Neighborly. Small and...
Dr. Sharla Horton
Apr 25, 20233 min read
Organizational leaders: If you want to change your culture, listen to Black women.
Racism is not the shark. It is the water. I heard someone say this once, and it landed with me like nothing else ever had. Racism is...
Dr. Sharla Horton
Apr 25, 20236 min read
I am my hair
My hair is big. She takes up space. My hair is wild. She is all over the place. She does what she wants When she wants. How she wants....
Dr. Sharla Horton
Feb 15, 20233 min read
Agents of Change. Agents of Justice.
As educators, we see ourselves as lots of things - regardless of our actual titles. Counselors. Nurses. Mediators. Moms. Dads. Teachers....
Sharla Horton-Williams, Ed.D.
Jan 11, 20236 min read
More than a dream: The truth about Dr. King's message, method, and mission
Yes. Dr. King had a dream. We have all heard it. We all know it. No one will let us forget it. But Dr. King was so much more than that...
Sharla Horton-Williams, Ed.D.
Jan 30, 20225 min read
Black History Month is coming! Are you ready?
Dr. Sharla Horton-Williams School Leadership for Social Justice January 30, 2022 now In just a few days, the 28-day period first...
Sharla Horton-Williams, Ed.D.
Dec 12, 20216 min read
Black Teachers Matter. Now What?
Dr. Sharla Horton-Williams School Leadership for Social Justice December 8, 2021 I have seen this 2017 graphic from Johns Hopkins...
Sharla Horton-Williams, Ed.D.
Oct 27, 20214 min read
Be Like Tom.
BE LIKE TOM Dr. Sharla Horton-Williams School Leadership for Social Justice October 5, 2021 I recently saw a post in a principal group on...
Sharla Horton-Williams, Ed.D.
Jan 5, 20217 min read
It's Story Time: So What's Your Story?
Sharla Horton-Williams, Ed.D. School Leadership for Social Justice | SLSJ.us | January 2021 “It’s storytime, friends!” When I taught...
Sharla Horton-Williams, Ed.D.
Dec 1, 20206 min read
Racist Schools. Racist School Leaders. Become an Anti-Racist Leader. Now.
Sharla Horton-Williams, Ed.D. School Leadership for Social Justice | SLSJ.us | December 2020 Schools are racist. There, I said it. “Show...
Sharla Horton-Williams, Ed.D.
Nov 2, 20203 min read
Put a Stoplight on Racial Gaslighting
Put a Stop Light on Racial Gaslighting Sharla Horton-Williams, Ed.D. School Leadership for Social Justice | SLSJ.us | November 2020 We’ve...
Sharla Horton-Williams, Ed.D.
Sep 25, 20204 min read
Leading for Justice Means Leading for People
Leading for Justice Means Leading for People Sharla Horton-Williams, Ed.D. School Leadership for Social Justice | SLSJ.us | September...
Sharla Horton-Williams, Ed.D.
Sep 21, 20205 min read
This AND That: Disrupting Oppression and Supporting Students at the Same Time
This AND That: Disrupting Oppression and Supporting Students at the Same Time Sharla Horton-Williams, Ed.D. School Leadership for Social...
Sharla Horton-Williams, Ed.D.
Jul 20, 20205 min read
How School Leaders Reinforce Supremacy through Discipline & Behavior Expectations
How School Leaders Reinforce Supremacy through Discipline & Behavior Expectations Sharla Horton-Williams, Ed.D. School Leadership for...
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