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Direct linkCooper, Ayanna – Teachers College Record, 2020
Background: The number of students identified as English learners (ELs) in the U.S. has risen in the last two decades. Approximately 10% of the K-12 student population is identified as ELs. These students are not a monolithic group. They come from diverse ethnic groups, home languages, socioeconomic statuses, backgrounds, and experiences.…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, African American Students, Elementary School Students, Secondary School Students
Tekleselassie, Abebayehu Aemero; Roach, Virginia – Teachers College Record, 2021
Background: Research that identifies and celebrates the positive attributes of women educational leaders advancing a social justice agenda in traditionally male-dominated, Sub-Saharan African (SSA) societies is sparse. Studying female educational leadership in SSA conceptually brings to the fore issues associated with the intersectionality of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Females, Social Bias, Gender Bias
Bertrand, Melanie; Ford, Arlene J. – Teachers College Record, 2015
This chapter explores the influence of a youth participatory action research group, viewing the group's efforts as challenges to racial inequality in education. The authors examine how individuals in positions of relative power--teachers, school administrators, and public officials--responded to the group's advocacy efforts.
Descriptors: Educational Policy, School Councils, Youth, Participatory Research
Warren-Grice, April – Teachers College Record, 2017
Background/Context: This article describes Black educators in predominantly White suburban schools who have used advocacy through the lens of culturally relevant pedagogy and serve as Educational Cultural Negotiators to help the students of color in these spaces academically and socially. This article highlights the advocacy needed to address the…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Equal Education, Culturally Relevant Education, Whites
Horsford, Sonya Douglass; Sampson, Carrie; Forletta, Felicia – Teachers College Record, 2013
Background: School desegregation and resegregation in the Mountain West remain understudied despite the substantial impact the region's growth and demographic change have had on racial balance and diversity in schools. Home to the largest school district in the Mountain West and fifth largest school district in the country, Las Vegas's…
Descriptors: School Desegregation, Racial Segregation, Minority Group Students, Poverty
Athanases, Steven Z.; De Oliveira, Luciana C. – Teachers College Record, 2008
Background/Context: New teachers face an array of challenges in today's schools. Even when teachers leave credential programs with useful preparation, early-career jobs and contexts shape and constrain teachers' goals and practice related to teaching diverse learners. Becoming change agents can be a tall order. Purpose/Objective/research…
Descriptors: Student Diversity, Student Needs, English (Second Language), Field Trips
Ares, Nancy; Buendia, Edward – Teachers College Record, 2007
Background/Context: Policy documents such as Title I of the No Child Left Behind Act [NCLB] (2001) direct schools and school systems to funnel resources to students based on their socioeconomic and linguistic status, as well as according to performance on standardized measures of achievement. Such conversations in the US about serving "at…
Descriptors: Race, Social Class, Federal Legislation, Academic Achievement
Siddle Walker, Vanessa – Teachers College Record, 2005
Historical accounts of advocacy for equality in educational facilities and resources for Blacks during de jure segregation in the South have generally minimized, or ignored, the role of Black educators. This article challenges the omission of Black educators in the historical portrait by providing a historical analysis of four periods of teacher…
Descriptors: Educational Facilities, Bus Transportation, Racial Segregation, African American Teachers
