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Happel-Parkins, Alison; Esposito, Jennifer – Urban Education, 2022
This study investigated how Black middle school girls negotiated an after-school club, with a specific focus on ways of knowing and acting as "ladies." Drawing from Fordham's intersectional analyses of the histories and politics behind her conceptualization of "those loud black girls," we explore and critique the ways in which…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Females, African American Students, Clubs
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Player, Grace D.; Ybarra, Mónica González; Brochin, Carol; Brown, Ruth Nicole; Butler, Tamara T.; Cervantes-Soon, Claudia; Gill, Victoria S.; Kinloch, Valerie; Price-Dennis, Detra; Saavedra, Cinthya M.; Sealey-Ruiz, Yolanda – Urban Education, 2022
This article narrates the contours of a digital "kitchen table talk"--a conversation that brought together WoC from various areas of literacy and language education to discuss the state of the field and the next steps in transforming literacy studies and education for GFoC. Using bell hooks's concept of "homeplace," we bring…
Descriptors: Females, Minority Groups, Ethnic Groups, Feminism
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Wilson, Camille M.; Bentley, Tabitha; Kneff-Chang, Tonya – Urban Education, 2023
This article highlights the acclaim, struggles, and ultimate closure of a Detroit public school for pregnant and parenting teens that was shuttered despite national commendation, community protests, for-profit charter conversion, and a civil rights lawsuit. Authors analyze discourse from educational, media, and legal data sources to offer a…
Descriptors: School Closing, Public Schools, Urban Schools, Pregnant Students
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Huerta, Adrian H.; McDonough, Patricia M.; Venegas, Kristan M.; Allen, Walter R. – Urban Education, 2023
Research shows that gang-associated youth are less likely to complete high school and earn a postsecondary educational credential. However, scholars have not determined "why" gang youth do not persist into higher education. This ethnographic study aims to focus on the narratives of 13 Latino high school young men to understand what…
Descriptors: Hispanic Americans, Juvenile Gangs, At Risk Persons, Academic Persistence