Black men are underrepresented as trainees and faculty within graduate-level helping professions (e.g., psychology and counseling). One strategy for reducing this underrepresentation is to understand the motivating factors that attract Black men to helping fields and integrate these motivating factors into recruitment and retention interventions…

In this case narrative, we introduce readers to Carmén, a newly appointed Queer Latina principal. Faced with bureaucratic responses to proposed anti-critical race theory (CRT) and LGBTQ+ legislation, Carmén is forced to contend with teacher and district responses and concerns. The case narrative is divided into three events, each requiring readers…

In this qualitative study, we engage in a critical discourse analysis of the counternarratives of a Black female preservice teacher (Paula) to understand how she experienced planning and teaching a literacy lesson, using a picture book about a Black girl's experience of racism, in her white mentor teacher's classroom. Drawing upon…

The Tagalog word, "balikbayan," means to return home. Oftentimes, "balikbayan" refers to boxes sent or brought to family in the Philippines by Filipina/x/o Americans (FA). The "balikbayan," then, also refers to the person returning, which is an embodiment of relational accountability, social responsibility, and…

Latinx and rural students share similarities in their decisions to attend local community colleges, including prioritizing factors like proximity to home, place attachments, and affordability. These student groups are often discussed in isolation from each other in the educational literature, ignoring the intersectional identities and educational…

This article examines how financialization and municipal debt operate as constitutive, racializing forces that shape childhoods under neoliberal racial capitalism. Building on Cindi Katz's (2008) theorization of "childhood as spectacle" and Keavy McFadden's (2023) framing of education as an "infrastructure of social…

This article highlights lessons learned from bringing together antiracist/activist faculty representing the Initiative to Eradicate Racism at Oakland University and community members from the Pontiac Collective Impact Partnership. We use Byrd and Scott's (2010) Critical Racism Pedagogy Model as a lens to understand how university/community…

Background: Physical activity (PA) consists of multiple domains, including leisure-time PA (LTPA), occupational PA (OPA), and transportation PA (TPA), though limited research has examined these domains among college students. Methods: This cross sectional, online survey asked undergraduate students to self-report demographics (gender,…

Within public schools in gentrifying U.S. neighbourhoods, affluent, White families' priorities collide with those of families from economically disadvantaged and racially minoritized groups. Grounded in raced-classed theories of space and place, we examine how various indicators of gentrification intersect with parents' experiences in schools and…

The literacy history of Black US-Americans is often recounted beginning with furtive literacy learning during enslavement. The majoritarian narrative is that enslaved people from Africa came from societies without a writing system. In this study, the author draws on Critical Race Theory and a New Literacy Studies-Multimodal Perspective to counter…

Exclusionary school discipline is an emerging field of research in Australia, whereas it is more established in contexts such as the United States and United Kingdom. In this article we, therefore, seek to understand how exclusionary school discipline has been examined by Australian education researchers working across a range of disciplines. We…

This book highlights the intimate connection between racial/ethnic equity and school and community safety, the consequences of current inequities, and establishes the way forward in terms of future research, policy, and practice. School safety has taken on increased urgency as the United States' educational systems, families, and students grapple…

This historical research study examines the creation and purpose of the Freedom Farm Cooperative through the lived experiences of its founder, Fannie Lou Hamer. The objectives include describing who Fannie Lou Hamer was, the purpose of the Freedom Farm Cooperative, and how Fannie and the Freedom Farm initiative inspired African American…

During summer, children's activities are dependent on their families' and communities' resources, raising concerns about inequalities in access to summer enrichment experiences. In this research brief, we use nationally representative data from the 1999 and 2011 ECLS-K cohorts to examine trends in kindergarten children's summer enrichment…

The purpose of this study was to estimate the average time English Learners (ELs) take to exit English Language programs and identify factors associated with their pace of exit. The sample included 25,581 students who were classified as English Learners in Collier County Public Schools before December 31, 2021. Among these students, 20,879 exited…