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Rios-Aguilar, Cecilia; Neri, Rebecca Colina – Urban Education, 2023
Funds of Knowledge (FK), Community Cultural Wealth (CCW), and Bourdieu's analysis of capital (BAC) have each been applied in powerful ways to address complex issues of urban education; however, the overlaps and tensions between them have been largely underexplored. When brought together, these three economic metaphors--funds, wealth,…
Descriptors: Cultural Background, Communities of Practice, Urban Education, Social Justice
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Brown, John C.; Graves, Erin M.; Burke, Mary A. – Urban Education, 2022
This study examines parental participation in children's schooling. Using a survey of parents of children attending a majority Hispanic school district, we employ exploratory factor analysis and determine that standard forms of participation align along two dimensions: Involvement and Engagement. Analysis reveals a third dimension: Parental…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Parent School Relationship, Hispanic Americans, Socioeconomic Status
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Volk, Dinah – Urban Education, 2021
This article describes a research study using an ethnographic approach and sociocultural theory with a spatial perspective to explore the ways that two Latino children, with the mediation of their families, constructed literacy spaces in their homes and communities. The families lived in low-income neighborhoods, and their school district was…
Descriptors: Hispanic Americans, Children, Low Income Groups, Grade 1