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ERIC Number: EJ1426386
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024-Jul
Pages: 28
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-1245
EISSN: EISSN-1552-3535
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"My Greatness Made a Difference There": Exploring the High School Experiences of High Achieving Black Girls
Renae D. Mayes; Kendra P. Lowery; Lauren C. Mims; Jennifer Rodman; Deneen Dixon-Payne
Education and Urban Society, v56 n6 p728-755 2024
Recent studies have provided insight into the schooling experiences and lives of Black girls. These studies highlight the challenges that Black girls face in the school environment including underachievement, disproportionality in school discipline, deficit ideologies, and educator and counselor bias. The current study centers the voices on high achieving Black girls in an effort to center their unique and nuanced experiences in high school. Data was collected using in-depth individual interviews and analyzed using Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis. We found that high achieving Black girls must navigate deficit thinking and negative stereotypes similar to their peers while they also pull strength and resilience from their intersecting identities. Further, high achieving Black girls were tenacious in their pursuits and found familial and teacher relationships to be paramount in their success. These findings support the importance of developing intentional and systemic supports to counter intersectional oppression to meet the needs of high achieving Black girls.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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