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Stovall, David – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2013
Because the dynamics of race are wrongly ignored in a current shroud of post-racialism (i.e. re-election of Barack Obama as president of the USA, shifting racial demographics in the USA, etc.), there are still communities in the USA and throughout the world that experience the damaging effects of racism entangled with the realities of class. Many…
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Race, Urban Education, Educational Policy
Goughnour, Martha Jean – Online Submission, 2013
The action research project report was created to remedy a lack of multicultural literature within the regular level sophomore English class and to assist regular level sophomore students' connection to their reading. The teacher-researcher also examined her students' own ethnic backgrounds, cultures, religions, economic status, gender, and/or…
Descriptors: Action Research, Teacher Researchers, Literature, Cultural Relevance
Farrington, Camille A.; Roderick, Melissa; Allensworth, Elaine; Nagaoka, Jenny; Keyes, Tasha Seneca; Johnson, David W.; Beechum, Nicole O. – Consortium on Chicago School Research, 2012
President Obama's first address to Congress signaled a shift in educational priorities. He committed his administration to ending the dropout crisis in the nation's public high schools and ensuring that by 2020 America would once again lead the world in the proportion of its population with college degrees. What has not been talked about is that a…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Grade Point Average, Evidence, Outcomes of Education