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Is Educational Policy Alleviating or Perpetuating the Racialization of Disabilities? An Examination of "Big-P" and "Little-p" Policies
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Tefera, Adai; Voulgarides, Catherine Kramarczuk – Teachers College Record, 2016
To understand the challenges associated with the enactment of educational policies that aim to improve equity and opportunity for students of color with disabilities, this chapter focuses on two separately conducted ethnographic studies. The first investigates district administrators' approaches to addressing racial disproportionality after the…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Disabilities, Equal Education
"So We Have to Teach Them or What?": Introducing Preservice Teachers to the Figured Worlds of Urban Youth through Digital Conversation
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Seglem, Robyn; Garcia, Antero – Teachers College Record, 2015
Background: Extant literature contends that it can be difficult for White preservice teachers to develop culturally relevant curriculum for the diverse students whom they will encounter in classrooms. Though there is a significant body of research about culturally responsive pedagogy, teacher education programs have struggled with how to best…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Culturally Relevant Education, Urban Youth
What Happens after Students Are Expelled? Understanding Teachers' Practices in Educating Persistently Disciplined Students at One Alternative Middle School
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Kennedy-Lewis, Brianna L. – Teachers College Record, 2012
Background: Federal zero-tolerance policies require the exclusion of students exhibiting violent behaviors, with the intent of maintaining a safe school environment for other students to learn. In California, legislation has been passed that provides for the placement of expelled students in community day schools (CDSs). Purpose: This study…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Expulsion, Classroom Techniques, Semi Structured Interviews
Social Reproduction of Inequality: The Racial Composition of Feeder Schools to the University of California
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Teranishi, Robert; Parker, Tara L. – Teachers College Record, 2010
Background/Context: Previous research has pointed to the dismal state of secondary education in California and its implications for college access. These studies identified the extent to which disparities in access and outcomes in California are correlated with school demographics and the relative levels of segregation that exist in California's…
Descriptors: Higher Education, High Schools, Racial Segregation, Racial Composition
Cultural Match or Culturally Suspect: How New Teachers of Color Negotiate Sociocultural Challenges in the Classroom
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Achinstein, Betty; Aguirre, Julia – Teachers College Record, 2008
Background: The call to recruit and retain teachers of color in urban high-minority schools is based on an assumption of a cultural match with students. Yet new teachers of color may find themselves challenged by students with whom they are supposedly culturally matched. Although past research has examined recruitment, preservice, and veteran…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Teaching Methods, Minority Group Teachers, Diversity (Faculty)
Two Cities' Tracking and Within-School Segregation.
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Oakes, Jeannie – Teachers College Record, 1995
Evidence from two school systems whose ability grouping and tracking systems were scrutinized in 1993 in conjunction with school desegregation cases demonstrates how grouping practices can create within-school segregation that discriminates against black and Latino students. In both cases, grouping practices created a cycle of restricted…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academic Achievement, Black Students, Educational Discrimination