Attacks on Critical Race Theory (CRT) have been in the news for over a year. Rallies have been organized, school board meetings disrupted, executive orders issued, and legislation introduced to remove or exclude CRT from school curriculum. Since early 2021, eight states have passed legislation that, broadly speaking, seeks to ban historical…

The purpose of this action research was to explore the information and communication technology (ICT) literacy skills of first-year minority students at Saint Augustine's University in order to develop a plan for an ICT professional development program. ICT skills are essential in our rapidly-changing and technology-driven society. While there is…

The lack of diversity within collegiate athletic departments is well documented and continues to be seen currently within the workforce of college athletic departments. There is research on what things might cause the continued lack of diversity however, there has been no research done looking at both sides of the hiring process within college…

Research that engages preservice teachers in critical reflective practices may reveal the level at which they understand and confront their own biases when addressing race within the institutions and societies they interact. This study was conducted to understand the depth in which elementary preservice teachers critically reflect on their own…

The purpose of this narrative inquiry was to explore the career paths, experiences, and adversities experienced by Black principals at the intersection of race, gender, and class on the path to the principalship. The researcher utilized a narrative inquiry design to explore the perceptions of current, Black, public-school principals by utilizing a…

State and local policymakers are making consequential decisions about the treatment of race and racism in schools. It is crucial to slow down, consider the evidence from research and experience, and apply that knowledge to improve teaching about race and racism. Authored in partnership between the Aspen Institute Education & Society Program…

Background: This chapter explores player interactions and engagement in tabletop role-playing game settings. Objective: Particularly focusing on the intersection of gaming systems, virtual settings, and player interactions, this chapter seeks to explore how implicit systems shape individuals' experiences and behaviors. Through this focus, the…

Exclusionary discipline practices can widen the opportunity gap for at-risk students (Baker & Coley, 2013; Black, 2016; Crosby et al., 2018; Gibson & Gibson, 2019; Mallett, 2016; McCarter, 2017; Porter, 2015; Williams et al., 2017). The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between student risk factors and exclusionary…

Racialization, the process by which society's systems and organizations build and reassert hierarchies through the social construct of race, is deeply embedded in society. Educational systems in the United States, influenced by these socio-cultural practices, are rooted in racialization. Higher education literature indicates that students of…

This study examined how personal, behavioral and environmental factors influenced educational outcomes of Black collegians at predominately white institutions in the south. Specifically, 11 institutions are represented in this study from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. The purpose of this study…

Purpose: The purpose of this journal-ready dissertation was to determine the degree to which the economic status and ethnicity/race of Texas Grade 4 boys and girls in special education are related to their mathematics performance on Texas state-mandated assessment. In the first article, the purpose was to ascertain the effect of the economic…

This study looks at how a mentorship relationship between myself and thirteen graduates of an all-girls public academy developed over the course of six years. The study looked at how gender and race affected this mentorship, and finally, it looked at what alternative literacies were developed to help create and maintain this mentorship. The study…

European American teachers' race-consciousness influences whether their pedagogical and content choices are non-racist and color-evasive or social justice-oriented and anti-racist. This narrative inquiry qualitative research analyzed the race-consciousness of European American teachers who self-identify as social justice educators. As the…

Background: Education teaches children about the world, its people, and their place in it. Much of this happens through the curricular materials we present to children, particularly the books they read in school and at home (Giroux, 1981; Apple and Christian-Smith, 1991; Jansen, 1997; Van Kleeck, Stahl and Bauer, 2003; Steele, 2010). How different…

Asian Americans are the fastest-growing racial group in the US but we know little about how Asian immigration has affected cities, neighborhoods and schools. This paper studies white flight from Asian arrivals in high-socioeconomic-status Californian school districts from 2000-2016 using initial settlement patterns and national immigrant flows to…