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Jenna C. Martin; Margarita Bianco – Urban Review: Issues and Ideas in Public Education, 2025
Developing critical consciousness, the awareness and action against marginalizing and oppressive forces, is a way for future teachers to identify and actively work against the inequities reproduced through traditional schooling. The purpose of this qualitative study is to examine how Latinx high school students enrolled in Pathways2Teaching, a…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, High School Students, Urban Schools, Consciousness Raising
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Petchauer, Emery; Bowe, Anica G.; Wilson, Julene – Urban Review: Issues and Ideas in Public Education, 2018
This article traces how high-stakes teacher exams have shaped the career entry opportunities for Black teachers and makes recommendations for the emerging era of high-stakes performances exams brought about by the edTPA. We begin our analysis in the 1980s and the testing for competencies movement during which scholars critiqued the rising use of…
Descriptors: African American Teachers, High Stakes Tests, Competency Based Teacher Education, Standardized Tests
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Leonard, Jacqueline; Chamberlin, Scott A.; Johnson, Joy B.; Verma, Geeta – Urban Review: Issues and Ideas in Public Education, 2016
In this paper, results from a 2-year informal science education study are presented. Children (aged 8-12) in this study participated in multi-aged groups to learn science within the context of paleontology and climate change. The goals of the project were to increase science content knowledge among underrepresented minority students and to enhance…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Science Education, Informal Education, Children
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Epstein, Shira Eve – Urban Review: Issues and Ideas in Public Education, 2010
In this paper, I explore the experiences of fourth and fifth grade students engaged in Beyond Today, an urban after school program, that aimed to enact a social reconstructionist multicultural curriculum. The program gathered White, Black, and Latino/a youth to explore issues of discrimination and social justice and develop leadership towards…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Race, School Activities, Multicultural Education