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Kolluri, Suneal – Urban Education, 2022
The Common Core State Standards were designed to prepare all students for college and careers. Using theories of cultural capital and culturally relevant pedagogy, this study of 54 college-bound, inner-city high school seniors seeks to determine how students perceive their college readiness during the implementation of the new standards. While the…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Common Core State Standards, College Readiness, Cultural Capital
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Stone, Susan; Uretsky, Mathew – Urban Education, 2016
We utilized a pooled sample of elementary, middle, and high school-aged children identified as homeless via definitions set forth by McKinney-Vento legislation in a large urban district in California to estimate the extent to which school factors contributed to student attendance, suspensions, test-taking behaviors, and performance on state…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Middle School Students, High School Students, Homeless People
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MacGillivray, Laurie; Ardell, Amy Lassiter; Curwen, Margaret Sauceda – Urban Education, 2010
This article addresses the question, "How do mothers and children in a homeless shelter interact with literacy?" We drew on the theoretical framework of social literacy practices in which cultural context is foregrounded. Data for this qualitative study included participant observation in one homeless shelter and interviews with one…
Descriptors: Homeless People, Mothers, Public Libraries, Cultural Context