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Wallace, Derron – International Studies in Sociology of Education, 2019
Drawing on 48 in-depth interviews with Black immigrant and second-generation boys at Bridgewood secondary school in New York City, this article points out how the high educational aspirations expressed by Black African and Caribbean boys are strategically deployed as features of an ethnic project to counter anti-immigrant sentiments and anti-Black…
Descriptors: Blacks, Immigrants, Secondary School Students, Academic Aspiration
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Lachney, Michael – Learning, Media and Technology, 2017
Bridging schools and communities has been a goal, if not hurdle, for reformers who aim to improve the education of low-income and underrepresented students from the bottom-up. Strategies to create these connections are often characterized as "brokerage", where individuals or organizations bridge two or more social worlds. This paper…
Descriptors: School Community Relationship, Cultural Relevance, Culturally Relevant Education, Educational Change