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Odim, Chinyere – Teachers College Record, 2023
Background/Context: The experiences of Black girls navigating elite, predominantly white independent schools remain underresearched in the academy despite this issue being integral in disciplines such as sociology, education, and African American studies. Within such institutions, Black girls must navigate the duality of their privilege in having…
Descriptors: African American Students, Females, Racial Composition, Whites
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Brown, Tara M.; Cook, Alice L. J.; Santos, Jesus – Teachers College Record, 2019
Background: Many "dropout" studies use the concept of risk as a framework for understanding the persistent problem of high school noncompletion among students of color in urban schools. This research, which frames risks as statistical probabilities and largely focuses on static and individual risk factors, does not account for the myriad…
Descriptors: High School Students, Dropouts, Urban Schools, Grade 9
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Kiyama, Judy Marquez; Harris, Donna Marie; Dache-Gerbino, Amalia – Teachers College Record, 2016
Background/Context: The experiences of Latina youth in the United States are embedded within a larger social context influenced by gender, ethnic/racial identity, socioeconomic status, language, and sociospatial and political characteristics that can negatively impact their daily lived experiences. Given the challenges that young Latinas…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Adolescents, Violence, Resistance (Psychology)