Counselor educators need to consider the unique racializing experiences of international students of color when providing social justice education. This study applied interpretative phenomenological analysis and interviewed eight East Asian international counseling students about their experiences of racialization. We identified five themes:…

This report presents SAT and ACT participation and performance results in Texas and the United States for the class of 2024. The results are for public and nonpublic schools combined and are presented by race/ethnicity and gender. SAT results for the United States include international students.

"Broaching" is defined as a process of discussing racial, cultural, and ethnic differences between a client and counselor for the purposes of strengthening the therapeutic relationship and alliance (Day-Vines et al., 2007). However, the literature is scarce on strategies for preparing counselors to adopt and engage in broaching attitudes…

Recognizing that self-study neglects the racialized, classed, and gendered experiences of teacher educators of Color and the unique knowledge(s) they bring, Souto-Manning has called for critical race self-study as an abolitionist methodology to (re)claim methodological space for Black, Indigenous, and teacher educators of Color to transform and…

Our study explores how US science education has evaluated multilingual students' languages as deficits and/or assets by comparing them against normative ideals. As a raciolinguistic genealogy, the study situates current premises of language in science education (e.g., as problem versus resource) within epistemological practices shaping the field's…

"District Leadership for Racial Equity" shows how transformative changes can occur across diverse districts when leaders take purposeful action in support of racial equity. Developed as part of the Racial Equity Leadership Network initiative led by Southern Education Foundation, this collection provides an opportunity for leaders to…

Florida's high school graduation rate increased by 1.7 percentage points over the last year, which continues to exceed the pre-pandemic rate. The graduation rate has increased significantly over the past twenty years. The rate rose from 59.2 percent in 2003-04 to 89.7 percent in 2023-24, which is a 30.5 percentage-point increase. This report…

Cultivating an anti-racist praxis necessitates English language educators placing a paramount awareness of their racial identity development. This autoethnography explores how my ongoing racial identity development has informed my critical racial praxis. Having grown up among ethnically and religiously dominant groups (i.e., Turkish, Sunni) in…

Activist approaches to teaching resist neoliberal and white-centric approaches to education. Within such a framework, students can develop racial literacy and civic identity as activist citizens. In this case study of one classroom in a publicly funded democratic school, the teacher used activist pedagogy -- an approach that directly engages young…

As of fall 2024, enrollment across Washington's community and technical colleges has increased for eight consecutive quarters. This brief explores how the enrollment recovery has affected select programs and demographic groups across the system.

In this descriptive phenomenological study, we explored 13 doctoral student supervisors' experiences with broaching race and race-related issues in supervision with counselors-in-training. Three themes emerged: the function of broaching; self-perceived attributes affecting broaching; and experiences of programmatic support and challenges. We…

The 30 million word gap refers to the disparity in early language exposure between low socioeconomic status (SES) children and their higher SES peers, a gap that is thought to negatively impact children's language development and future academic success. Although many early intervention approaches have proven effective in promoting language…

This work investigated whether Mexican-American bilingual children and Mexican monolingual children (ages 4-6; N = 245) use Spanish varieties (Puerto Rican vs. Mexican) when making friendship judgments for themselves (1st person) and/or for others (3rd person), and whether children prioritize dialect varieties over race and gender categories. On a…

This study builds on research that found a significant lack of racial diversity in Canadian university kinesiology programs. We extend previous findings by including the experiences of students who reveal how whiteness structures every aspect of their kinesiology education. We employ Critical Race Theory and theories of whiteness within a case…

Black resident assistants' experiences are shaped by race and racism. Previous research highlights the unique challenges that Black RAs encounter, such as isolation and hypervisibility, racial stereotypes, and unfair treatment from white supervisors. Most of this research is, however, located within predominantly white institutions (PWIs). As the…