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Honey, Ngaire; Smrekar, Claire – Urban Education, 2022
In a context that privileges neighborhood zoning and school choice over within-district busing, we examine urban residents' perceptions of the benefits of racial diversity. We analyze public opinion trends by race and residents' experience as a student in a district under court-ordered desegregation--Nashville, TN. We find racial differences…
Descriptors: School Desegregation, School Resegregation, Public Opinion, Urban Areas
Love, Jamica Nadina – ProQuest LLC, 2019
The use of interpretative phenomenological analysis served as a lens to direct the researcher in making meaning of the experiences of African American college presidents leading predominantly White institutions with race-conscious affirmative action policies in higher education. This study was a chronicle of the voices of African American college…
Descriptors: African Americans, College Presidents, Affirmative Action, College Admission
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Freidus, Alexandra – American Educational Research Journal, 2020
This article examines the frameworks that stakeholders bring to debates about diversifying schools in gentrifying areas of New York City. Using critical ethnographic methods, I explore stakeholders' hopes and fears about the effects of shifting school demographics and the relationships between student demographics and school quality. I find that…
Descriptors: School Demography, Neighborhoods, Urban Areas, Community Change
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Martin, Kacy – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2017
The racial achievement gap has persisted in the decades since "Brown v. Board," despite large-scale investment in school reform. Accordingly, some administrators and politicians are reconsidering integration policies as a means of addressing the gap. This study examines one Chicago community's discussion of such integration policy.…
Descriptors: Middle Class, Parent Attitudes, School Desegregation, Educational Policy
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Ford, Donna Y.; King, Robert A., Jr. – Multiple Voices for Ethnically Diverse Exceptional Learners, 2014
This article examines the under-representation of African American students in gifted education, with attention to how representation differs for Black males and females. We contend that social injustices (e.g., prejudice and discrimination) contribute to racially segregated gifted education classes (Ford, 2013b). For support, gifted…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Disproportionate Representation, African American Students, Gender Differences
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Allen, Walter R.; Jewell, Joseph O.; Griffin, Kimberly A.; Wolf, De'Sha S. – Journal of Negro Education, 2007
This article examines the history, present, and future of historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). We begin with a brief review of the existing literature on HBCUs, considering common themes and how these institutions changed over time within a broader socio-historical landscape. In addition to historical information, we use a…
Descriptors: African American Community, Black Colleges, Higher Education, College Choice