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Rojas, Leticia; Liou, Daniel D. – Equity & Excellence in Education, 2018
Drawing on the concept of transformative expectations--that is, the instructional practices that demonstrate teachers' belief systems for the educational justice and empowerment of Chicanx/Latinx youth--this qualitative study explored the expectancy effects of nine classroom teachers with social justice commitments in a school district in…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Social Justice, Social Capital, Transformative Learning
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Noguera, Pedro A. – Learning Policy Institute, 2017
For some time now, it has been evident that the policies pursued by the United States to elevate the academic performance of students, particularly those who are most economically disadvantaged, have not produced the results that were promised or hoped for. This paper analyzes the efforts of schools and school districts to improve academic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Equal Education, High Stakes Tests, Educational Legislation