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Adrienne D. Sesay – ProQuest LLC, 2024
There is an epidemic of race-related suspension disparities in a local school system within the State of Maryland. Minority students are more incessantly referred for disciplinary actions and suspended at higher rates than their white peers. Research shows there are significant contributors to race-related suspension disparities. These disparate…
Descriptors: Minority Group Students, School Districts, Suspension, Discipline
Angela M. Stiff – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Student engagement is more than attentiveness during instruction; it is the bedrock of making sense of knowledge materializing within classrooms. Yet, teachers in Texas are finding it daunting to amass engagement among Black students returning to in-person learning amid COVID-19. Challenges catalyzed by COVID-19 discriminatory practices emerging…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers, African American Students, Learner Engagement
Nicholas Fuentes – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Lifelong learning provides older adults with the healthy benefits of physical, mental and social activity. The research illustrates barriers as well as motivations that are present for third age older adults who are motivated and able to participate in lifelong learning, but do not. The research study was conducted using critical educational…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Older Adults, Adult Education, Barriers
Maria Barker – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Within educational systems across the nation, traditionally marginalized and "multiply marginalized and underrepresented (MMU)" groups, composed of students of color, students with dis/abilities, students living in poverty and/or emergent bilinguals, continue to be excluded and segregated, perpetuating discriminatory practices both…
Descriptors: Minority Group Students, Students with Disabilities, Low Income Students, Bilingual Students
Danielle Mireles – ProQuest LLC, 2020
The marginalization of "dis/abled" Black and students of Color is well-documented in the K-12 contexts (Annamma et al., 2013; Artiles, 2013; Artiles et al., 2002; Artiles, & Trent, 1994; Blanchett, 2006). Studies have found that not only do Black and students of Color experience overrepresentation in Special Education but that…
Descriptors: African American Students, Minority Group Students, Students with Disabilities, Undergraduate Students
Heather A. Gigliello – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of this study was to understand the influence the Right to Freedom from Discrimination in Public Workplaces and Education (Right to Freedom) law has had on New Hampshire public high school English teachers. This study explores how the onset of this law may cause teachers to avoid diverse and multicultural literature in their curriculum…
Descriptors: Controversial Issues (Course Content), High School Teachers, English Teachers, Academic Freedom