Background/Context Teacher education programs are charged with the daunting task of preparing next generation teachers. However, extant literature has documented that teacher have struggled to effectively arm candidates effective pedagogies meet needs our increasingly diverse student population. Culturally relevant pedagogy (CRP) is a social justice framework posited support academic achievement, cultural competence, and critical consciousness for all learners. To this end, article examines...

Sixty years after Brown v. Board of Education, retention trends indicate that there is a Black teacher shortage. Research shows teachers’ rates are often lower than the White teachers. teachers report low salaries, lack administrative support, and other school variables as reasons for leaving teaching profession. Seeking to alter predominantly White, middle class force potentially impact students’ educational experiences, this qualitative study examines twelve female intentions remain in...

Purpose Limited research focuses on the challenges that exist at intersection of race and dis/ability for Black men autism spectrum in encounters with law enforcement. An interdisciplinary approach is necessary to fully comprehend mitigate complex challenges. This conceptual article presents Critical Dis/ability (DisCrit) Theory, a framework usually applied education, as lens through which think about between autistic police officers. The concludes recommendations collaboration social...

Nicholas P. Triplett University of North Carolina, CharlotteAyana Allen CharlotteChance W. Lewis CharlotteOn May 16, 1954, the landmark Brown v. Board Education Topeka Kansas Supreme Court decision abolished de jure segregation American schools, and ushered in a new era integration that became gold standard for defining terms formal equality (Guinier, 2004, p. 93) under constitutional law. To this end, engendered myriad expectations such as renewed faith hope, however, sixty years later,...

Considering Black women's historic contributions and enduring legacy in education, their continual disproportionate underrepresentation US public schools is severely problematic. The absence of women many nationally disconcerting given potential to improve school outcomes for students Color. Despite this finding, teacher education programs districts struggle effectively recruit retain women. Employing feminist epistemologies, paper conceptualize a female pipeline (from recruitment retention...

Twenty-four early childhood educators in an urban city the United States completed a social-emotional learning course as part of intervention to explore how teachers learn value and practice positive guidance principles. Affection between 124 teacher-child dyads was tracked weekly measure change relationships. Phenomenological collaborative inquiry inferential statistics were used. Findings: (1) relational principles (e.g. validate feelings; provide choices; demonstrate love, others)...

Studies have documented the ubiquitous racial disparities in school discipline. However, knowledge of unique and complex disciplinary experiences Black girls, shared from their own voices, remains under-researched. To better understand policing 'pushout' phenomenon for this qualitative study examines data which explore resulting consequences a fight between 30 female students. Our findings suggest that hypercriminalization subsequent punitive measures inflicted on these girls hindered...

In light of the lingering threat recession Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), this paper examines ways in which undocumented Latinx students glean hope a vacillating DACA context to persist through college. A review immigration policy particularly as it relates K-12 and higher education is provided springboard investigate salience student voice considerations. Findings indicate critical supports familial capital navigate complex anti-immigrant terrain. As long-term legislative...

Beliefs about the nature of learning have implications for learner agency, empowerment, and justice. Conceptualizations held by scientists STEM professors were analyzed as complex conceptual systems found to be different each group. A Transfer-Acquisition conceptualization was dominant in professor group, a Construction-Becoming The practices emergent inconsistent with critical pedagogy. insights this study not only support claims literature that conceptualizations impact teaching learning,...

This paper addresses the issues of knowledge production, which interrogate and disrupt dominant narratives that subjugate Black females related to their identity. We contextualize our discussion through lens critical consciousness media literacy by exploring role popular in identity development/imposition for females. outline female politics framing them description as a 21st century literacy, with Feminist Theory theoretical lens. Similar discussions have remained centered field Media...

This phenomenological case study examined the emergence of critical scholar identities among five urban youth who participated in a 2-year research fellows program. The program was grounded on theoretical framework Social Justice Youth Development, which included development self, social/community, and global awareness leading to consciousness social action. Findings depict personal programmatic components nurturing youth’s contribute growing body literature studies identity with marginalized youth.

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the designed cultural ecology a hip-hop and computational science, technology, engineering, mathematics (STEM) camp ways in which that contributed culturally sustaining learning experiences for middle school youth. In using principles as CSP design, authors question how what practices were supported or emerged they became resources youth engagement space. Design/methodology/approach overall methodology was design research. Through interpretive...

A central issue teacher education programmes face is adequately preparing a majority White population to address issues of race and diversity while meeting the varying academic needs racially/ethnically diverse students. In examining preparation future educators, research confirms importance racial identity development; however, literature often omits methods strategies used build consciousness identities among preservice teachers. Considering this gap, case study explores development...

This research highlights the educational and professional experiences of three Black female secondary teachers engineering. Using a lens community cultural wealth, this calls attention to resources these called upon during their navigation engineering pathways currently utilize challenge school’s normative perceptions engineers. Findings work discuss how aspirational capital functioned support teachers’ successful matriculation through STEM high school undergraduate and/or architecture...

Research is formalized curiosity. It poking and prying with a purpose.—Zora Neale Hurston from Dust Tracks on Road (Hurston, 2004)The words of Zora are inspirational for this vol...

This study examines the landscape of gentrification and Black residential displacement within West Philadelphia Promise Zone (WPPZ). Our intergenerational community-driven participatory action research team conducted a comparative longitudinal spatial analysis between Census data from 2008 to 2012 2013 2017 investigating variables both including changes in population, racial demographics, per capita income, housing costs value. findings demonstrate that targeted block groups WPPZ are...