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Betwixt and between Justice and Inaction: Full-Service Community School Principals and Community Equity Literacy
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Kathleen Provinzano; Linda K. Mayger – Urban Education, 2024
Little research has focused on the extent to which community school principals approach family engagement efforts, specifically from an equity-centered perspective. This study examined how community school principals' leadership practices exhibited tenets of Community Equity Literacy. Results from interviews with 13 administrators and 19…
Descriptors: Principals, Justice, Community Schools, Family Involvement
"I Get to Give Back to the Community That Put Me Where I Am": Examining the Experiences and Perspectives of Puerto Rican Teachers in Western New York
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Quiñones, Sandra – Urban Education, 2018
To increase teacher diversity, a number of states have strategically invested in Grow Your Own (GYO) programs that recruit, support, and prepare underrepresented youth to teach in urban schools. Drawing from a "mujerista" lens, this qualitative research examines the experiences and perspectives of two homegrown Puerto Rican teachers in…
Descriptors: Puerto Ricans, Qualitative Research, Teaching Experience, Teacher Attitudes
Building a Political Constituency for Urban School Reform
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Warren, Mark R. – Urban Education, 2011
In this article, the author argues that urban school reform falters, in part, because of the lack of an organized political constituency among the stakeholders with the most direct interest in school improvement, that is, parents whose children attend urban schools. The author examines community organizing as a potential strategy to build such a…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Educational Change, Public Schools, Politics of Education
Preparing for Democracy: How Community-Based Organizations Build Civic Engagement among Urban Youth
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Shiller, Jessica T. – Urban Education, 2013
The National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) shows a civic knowledge gap similar to the achievement gap, showing urban youth struggling in particular. However, research has shown that urban youth can be civically engaged when they are involved in projects or organizing intended to improve community conditions, not simply absorbing civic…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Citizen Participation, Community Organizations, Democracy