Educational Administration Quarterly, Aug 27, 2019
This article describes one charter school's 'diversity' initiative-a relocation to a racially and... more This article describes one charter school's 'diversity' initiative-a relocation to a racially and socioeconomically diverse site-intended to reintegrate minoritized students displaced by gentrification. Research Design: We employ Critical Race Quantitative Intersectionality to frame the descriptive analyses of student enrollment, city census, and parent survey data that narrates the resulting student demographics after a school's relocation. Our goal in utilizing an anti-racist framework rooted in Critical Race Theory is to a) quantify the racist material impact of "race-neutral" reform through intersectional data mining, b) disrupt the notion of letting "numbers speak for themselves" without critical analysis, and c) taking a transdisciplinary perspective to reveal the hidden patterns of whiteness under the guise of diversity. Findings: Our findings highlight the limits of a school's agency to implement 'diversity' policies aimed at reintegrating minoritized students displaced from opportunity. While the relocation racially diversified the student population, the policy failed to reintegrate the district's historically minoritized population. This exclusion both limited who had the right to use and enjoy the school and reinforced the school's status and reputation, thus cementing its whiteness
Journal of Urban Learning, Teaching, and Research, 2015
The purpose of this study was to conceptualize a social justice leadership framework that identif... more The purpose of this study was to conceptualize a social justice leadership framework that identifies essential urban teacher qualities. This framework serves to benefit education leaders seeking teachers best suited for urban schools and urban educators seeking to improve their praxis. The study used a critical approach to analyze data collected from semistructured interviews with 15 district and school leaders from one large, northeastern, urban district. While administrators all searched for teachers with strong content knowledge, they also sought teachers who possessed qualities for what the authors interpret as the 3 C’s: (a) cultural competency, including cultural awareness, experience, and understanding; (b) communication skills bridging urban teaching and learning; and (c) commitment to serve students and the community. The implications from the 3 C’s framework can serve to remind policymakers and practitioners of the teacher qualities needed to provide children in urban comm...
Purpose: This article describes one charter school’s ‘diversity’ initiative—a relocation to a rac... more Purpose: This article describes one charter school’s ‘diversity’ initiative—a relocation to a racially and socioeconomically diverse site—intended to reintegrate minoritized students displaced by gentrification. Research Design: We employ Critical Race Quantitative Intersectionality to frame the descriptive analyses of student enrollment, city census, and parent survey data that narrates the resulting student demographics after a school’s relocation. Our goal in utilizing an anti-racist framework rooted in Critical Race Theory is to a) quantify the racist material impact of “race-neutral” reform through intersectional data mining, b) disrupt the notion of letting “numbers speak for themselves” without critical analysis, and c) taking a transdisciplinary perspective to reveal the hidden patterns of whiteness under the guise of diversity. Findings: Our findings highlight the limits of a school’s agency to implement ‘diversity’ policies aimed at reintegrating minoritized students displ...
International Journal of Adult Vocational Education and Technology, 2017
This article is about introducing Critical Race Design (CRD), a research methodology that centers... more This article is about introducing Critical Race Design (CRD), a research methodology that centers race and equity at the nucleus of educational opportunities by design. First, the authors define design-based implementation research (DBIR; Penuel, Fishman, Cheng, & Sabelli, 2011) as an equity-oriented education research methodology where teaching and learning is informed by robust, iterative, evidence-based research conducted by multiple stakeholders. Next, they provide a brief overview of Critical Race Theory in Education (CRT; Ladson-Billings & Tate, 1995) as a theoretical and methodological approach that aims to unpack and disrupt the structural inequities experienced by disenfranchised racial groups. They then describe how both education methodologies informed CRD, our emerging anti-racist critical design methodology. Finally, they provide an example where they used CRD to design an online service-learning course that aimed to situate the narratives of underrepresented STEM profe...
Educational Administration Quarterly, Aug 27, 2019
This article describes one charter school's 'diversity' initiative-a relocation to a racially and... more This article describes one charter school's 'diversity' initiative-a relocation to a racially and socioeconomically diverse site-intended to reintegrate minoritized students displaced by gentrification. Research Design: We employ Critical Race Quantitative Intersectionality to frame the descriptive analyses of student enrollment, city census, and parent survey data that narrates the resulting student demographics after a school's relocation. Our goal in utilizing an anti-racist framework rooted in Critical Race Theory is to a) quantify the racist material impact of "race-neutral" reform through intersectional data mining, b) disrupt the notion of letting "numbers speak for themselves" without critical analysis, and c) taking a transdisciplinary perspective to reveal the hidden patterns of whiteness under the guise of diversity. Findings: Our findings highlight the limits of a school's agency to implement 'diversity' policies aimed at reintegrating minoritized students displaced from opportunity. While the relocation racially diversified the student population, the policy failed to reintegrate the district's historically minoritized population. This exclusion both limited who had the right to use and enjoy the school and reinforced the school's status and reputation, thus cementing its whiteness
Journal of Urban Learning, Teaching, and Research, 2015
The purpose of this study was to conceptualize a social justice leadership framework that identif... more The purpose of this study was to conceptualize a social justice leadership framework that identifies essential urban teacher qualities. This framework serves to benefit education leaders seeking teachers best suited for urban schools and urban educators seeking to improve their praxis. The study used a critical approach to analyze data collected from semistructured interviews with 15 district and school leaders from one large, northeastern, urban district. While administrators all searched for teachers with strong content knowledge, they also sought teachers who possessed qualities for what the authors interpret as the 3 C’s: (a) cultural competency, including cultural awareness, experience, and understanding; (b) communication skills bridging urban teaching and learning; and (c) commitment to serve students and the community. The implications from the 3 C’s framework can serve to remind policymakers and practitioners of the teacher qualities needed to provide children in urban comm...
Purpose: This article describes one charter school’s ‘diversity’ initiative—a relocation to a rac... more Purpose: This article describes one charter school’s ‘diversity’ initiative—a relocation to a racially and socioeconomically diverse site—intended to reintegrate minoritized students displaced by gentrification. Research Design: We employ Critical Race Quantitative Intersectionality to frame the descriptive analyses of student enrollment, city census, and parent survey data that narrates the resulting student demographics after a school’s relocation. Our goal in utilizing an anti-racist framework rooted in Critical Race Theory is to a) quantify the racist material impact of “race-neutral” reform through intersectional data mining, b) disrupt the notion of letting “numbers speak for themselves” without critical analysis, and c) taking a transdisciplinary perspective to reveal the hidden patterns of whiteness under the guise of diversity. Findings: Our findings highlight the limits of a school’s agency to implement ‘diversity’ policies aimed at reintegrating minoritized students displ...
International Journal of Adult Vocational Education and Technology, 2017
This article is about introducing Critical Race Design (CRD), a research methodology that centers... more This article is about introducing Critical Race Design (CRD), a research methodology that centers race and equity at the nucleus of educational opportunities by design. First, the authors define design-based implementation research (DBIR; Penuel, Fishman, Cheng, & Sabelli, 2011) as an equity-oriented education research methodology where teaching and learning is informed by robust, iterative, evidence-based research conducted by multiple stakeholders. Next, they provide a brief overview of Critical Race Theory in Education (CRT; Ladson-Billings & Tate, 1995) as a theoretical and methodological approach that aims to unpack and disrupt the structural inequities experienced by disenfranchised racial groups. They then describe how both education methodologies informed CRD, our emerging anti-racist critical design methodology. Finally, they provide an example where they used CRD to design an online service-learning course that aimed to situate the narratives of underrepresented STEM profe...
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