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Lareau, Annette; Weininger, Elliot; Cox, Amanda – Teachers College Record, 2018
Background/Context: Most research on "elite" schools has focused on the private sector. However, as a result of economic residential segregation, a number of public school districts exist which may plausibly be construed as socioeconomically elite. Districts of this sort remain relatively understudied. In particular, few researchers have…
Descriptors: School Districts, Cultural Capital, Social Capital, High Schools
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Datnow, Amanda; Choi, Bailey; Park, Vicki; St. John, Elise – Teachers College Record, 2018
Background: Data-driven decision making continues to be a common feature of educational reform agendas across the globe. In many U.S. schools, the teacher team meeting is a key setting in which data use is intended to take place, with the aim of planning instruction to address students' needs. However, most prior research has not examined how the…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Data, Decision Making, Accountability
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Casanova, Saskias; McGuire, Keon M.; Martin, Margary – Teachers College Record, 2018
Background/Context: Current research within four-year university settings reveals the daily encounters students of color and faculty have with microaggressions--brief, intentional or unintentional comments and behaviors communicating covert biases toward individuals based on their social group membership (Sue et al., 2007). The majority of all…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Minority Group Students, Minority Group Teachers, Racial Bias
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Militello, Matthew; Schweid, Jason; Carey, John – Teachers College Record, 2011
Background/Context: Today we have moved from the debate of student opportunity to postsecondary educational setting to 100% access. That is, today's high school settings have been charged with preparing "college ready" graduates. Educational policy has leveraged mandates and sanctions as a mechanism to improve college placement rates, especially…
Descriptors: High Schools, Inclusion, Student Placement, Sanctions