Books

Half Caste: Decidedly Brown in a Black and White World

Part social commentary and very much a memoir, Half-Caste: Decidedly Brown in a Black or White World, describes and examines the contemporary pressures that many people from multiracial and mixed ethnicities face in developing their racialized social identity so that they and others may feel comfortable with who they are and how they identify themselves in their own skin. By exploring personal and sensitive topics, such as ethnic and racialized identity formation and drawing on the racism he faced, Jerome Cranston offers insight to the struggles of coming to terms with accepting and declaring his identity as being decidedly Brown.

Throughout Half-Caste: Decidedly Brown in a Black or White World, Cranston shares the challenges and ultimate discovery of his understanding and acceptance that his being Brown is more than just a statement of an identity, it is an understanding of who he is, how he will relate to others and how he will flourish in a world that is divided along ethnic and racialized lines.

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Beyond the Classroom Walls

Questionable Dismissal




​​Using data from three ethnographic studies, this book illustrates the daily challenges and complexities that educators face in trying to meet the needs of their students in some of the world’s more challenging contexts.



Through a story-telling style that often confounds the lawyers asking scripted questions, Dr Keith Bernard reveals for us the unvarnished truth and subtle complexities inherent in educational leadership by responding to the question that is at once both ethical and dramatic​.

A Guide to Managing and Leading School Operations

Ethnotheatre and Creative Methods for Teachers


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This book fills a gap in the training of educational leaders by orienting them to vitally important business operations required to run a school, from justifying resources to operating facilities both safely and legally. 
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This book addresses the lived challenges to teacher leadership. It illustrates an arts-based research approach that effectively highlights the broader context of relational dynamics between adults at school, using one-act plays to open up difficult conversations on complex issues. 

Articles

Cranston, J. (2020, March 25). After coronavirus closures, reopening schools demands collaboration. The Conversation. Available at: https://theconversation.com/after-coronavirus-closures-reopening-schools-demands-collaboration-137964 

Cranston, J. (2019). Improving the outcomes of the “prediction problem”: A framework approach to teacher hiring. American Journal of Educational Research, Special Edition – Teacher Hiring: The Issues, 7(7), 455-462.

​Cranston, J. & Whitford, R. (2018). Decolonising the “big tent” knowledge base of school leadership. International Studies in Educational Administration, 46(2) 3-26.​

Cranston, J., & Janzen, M. D. (2017). A Critical Approach to Teaching About, through, and for Human Rights. The Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 8 (3). h ps://doi.org/10.5206/cjsotl-rcacea.2017.3.2.

Cranston, J., & Kusanovich, K. (2017). Engaging pre-service teachers in the drama in teacher leadership. Arts Research International, 2(2), 60-86.

Cranston, J. (2017). Grappling with the emotional price tag of school leadership. Canadian Association of Principals Journal, Winter 2017, 25-28.

Ballinger, J., Cranston, J., Cravens, X., Friend, J., O’Doherty, A., Reardon, M. & Smith, A. (2016). Four ways to use digital production in educational leadership preparation. UCEA Review, 57(2), 38-40.

Janzen, M. & Cranston, J. (2016, June 23). The challenges of implementing a diversity admissions policy. University Affairs. 3 pp. Available at: http://www.universityaffairs.ca/opinion/in-my-opinion/challenges-implementing-diversity-admissions-policy/

Cranston, J., & Labman, S. (2016, October 23). Refugee parents must be involved in children's education. CBC Manitoba. 2 pp. Available at: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/refugee-school-students-parents-opinion-1.3814322

​Cranston, J., & Kusanovich, K. (2015). Leading against the grain: Exposing the emotional toll of teacher leadership. Issues in Teacher Education, 24(2), 63-78.

Cranston, J. (2014). A nexus of education and child labor: Barefoot teachers in the brickfield schools of India. Childhood Education, 90(5), 354-357. DOI: 10.1080/00094056.2014.952550

Cranston, J. (2014). Seeking the elusive “fit”: What educational leaders look when hiring new teachers for First Nations’ schools. InEducation, 19(3) 69-88.

Cranston, J., & Kusanovich, K. (2014). How shall I act? International Studies in Educational Administration, 42(2), 45-62.

Cranston, J., & Kusanovich, K. (2014). More drama in school leadership: Developing the creative and ethical capacities in the next generation of school leaders. Canadian Journal of Educational Administration & Policy, 151. 33 pp. Retrieved from http://www.umanitoba.ca/publications/cjeap/pdf_files/cranston_kusanovich.pdf. 

Contributed Book Chapters

Cranston, J. (2015). Navigating the Bermuda Triangle of teacher hiring practices in Canada. In N. Maynes & B. Hatt (eds.), The Complexity of Hiring, Supporting, and Retaining New Teachers Across Canada: A CATE Polygraph Series book. Ottawa, ON: Canadian Association of Teacher Education.

Cranston, J. (2014). Let me count the reasons: The factors that pre-service teacher candidates consider when choosing a teaching career. Canadian Association of Teacher Education – Working Conference Series. 143-173. Ottawa, ON: Canadian Association of Teacher Education.