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School Desegregation as Multi-Generational Narratives of Afropessimism
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Caruthers, Loyce; Friend, Jennifer; Schlein, Candace – Educational Studies: Journal of the American Educational Studies Association, 2022
The Kansas City, Missouri School District (KCMSD) avoided federal oversight to comply with the desegregation ruling for nearly 30 years after "Brown v. Board of Education" by establishing a neighborhood concept for school attendance boundaries. "Jenkins v. Missouri" ended in 1995 with a U.S. Supreme Court decision to…
Descriptors: School Desegregation, Desegregation Litigation, Critical Theory, Race
Where Is the Community? A Qualitative Case Study of a School Closure in an Urban School District
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Anthony L. McWright – ProQuest LLC, 2020
Family and community engagement are proven strategies for strengthening schools. Across the United States, parents and community members have pressed school boards and district leadership for more transparency and broader participation in decisions about school turnaround. The purpose of this qualitative case study is to understand the…
Descriptors: School Closing, High Schools, Urban Schools, School Community Relationship
What Leaders Believe: Increasing Educational Attainment among Urban Youth
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Person, Dawn R.; Kaveh, Haydeh; García, Yvonne; Carsey, Timothy A. – Urban Education, 2021
Urban community leaders describe their perceptions of critical issues in education and offer recommendations for the creation of a college-going culture (CGC). This qualitative study employed a maximum entropy analysis. Results demonstrate critical issues with increasing educational attainment including complexity of the urban school system,…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Urban Youth, Urban Schools, Elementary Schools
Successes, Challenges, and Future Directions for an Urban Full Service Community Schools Initiative
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Anderson, Jeffrey Alvin; Chen, Ming-E; Min, Mina; Watkins, Lara L. – Education and Urban Society, 2019
After receiving a multiyear federal grant, an urban school district and community agency that focused on family literacy implemented a comprehensive school reform initiative called Providence Full Service Community Schools (PFSCS). A host of community partners collaborated to develop the PFSCS model with the broad goal of strategically connecting…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Community Schools, Family Literacy, Partnerships in Education
Family Engagement in Schools: Parent, Educator, and Community Perspectives
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Kelty, Noel E.; Wakabayashi, Tomoko – SAGE Open, 2020
How engaged families are in their children's lives, whether at home or in school, predicts their success in school and in life. The purpose of this study was to explore parent, educator, and community member perspectives of family engagement, preschool through grade 12, to inform state-level policy from an ecological framework. Ten semi-structured…
Descriptors: Family Involvement, Family School Relationship, Parent Participation, Parent Attitudes
Imagined Community of Education: Voices from Refugees and Immigrants
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He, Ye; Bettez, Silvia Cristina; Levin, Barbara B. – Urban Education, 2017
To challenge deficit thinking concerning immigrants and refugees in urban schools, we engaged members of local immigrant and refugee communities from China, Mexico, Liberia, and Sudan in focus group discussions about their prior educational experiences, their hopes and aspirations for education, and the supports and challenges they encountered in…
Descriptors: Refugees, Immigrants, Communities of Practice, Urban Schools