Weathers, E. S. (2019). Bias or Empathy in Universal Screening? The Effect of Teacher-Student Racial Matching on Teacher Perceptions of Student Behavior. Urban Education. https://doi.org/10.1177/0042085919873691 This study uses linear probability models with student and teacher fixed effects to assess whether the racial match between teachers and students affects “at-risk” ratings… read more
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Education Policy and Black Teachers: Perspectives on Race, Policy, and Teacher Diversity
White, T., Woodward, B., Graham, D., Milner, H. R., & Howard, T. C. (2019). Education Policy and Black Teachers: Perspectives on Race, Policy, and Teacher Diversity. Journal of Teacher Education. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022487119879895 This article examines interview responses from prominent education researchers who were asked to consider the role of major educational policies… read more
Beyond Brown: New Approaches to Addressing Inequities in Education for African American Males
Jackson, J. F. L. . ed, & Moore, J. L. I. ed. (2008). Beyond Brown: New Approaches to Addressing Inequities in Education for African American Males /. American Behavioral Scientist, 51(7), 847–1053. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.lib.utexas.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=eue&AN=508050010&site=ehost-liv A special issue on new approaches to addressing inequities in education for African-American males. Following an… read more
The Hidden Side of Zero Tolerance Policies: The African American Perspective
Bell, C. (2015). The hidden side of zero tolerance policies: The african american perspective. Sociology Compass, 9(1), 14-22. Several papers have documented the disproportionate representation of African Americans in school discipline and incarceration settings as a result of zero tolerance policies. In 2009, a federal study of the Chicago Public School… read more