Schwartz, J. (2013). Classrooms of Spatial Justice: Counter-Spaces and Young Men of Color in a GED Program.Adult Education Quarterly, 64, 110–127. This article, based on an ethnographic study of an urban General Education Development (GED) program, suggests that for some marginalized young men of color, Adult education programs are counter-spaces of spatial… read more
Urban Education (UE)
The Protective Role of Ethnic Identity for Urban Adolescent Males Facing Multiple Stressors
Williams, J. L., Aiyer, S. M., Durkee, M. I., & Tolan, P. H. (2014). The protective role of ethnic identity for urban adolescent males facing multiple stressors. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 43(10), 1728-1741. Issue Title: Special Issue: Marginalization, Diversity, and Well being Having a connection to one’s ethnic heritage… read more
The writing on the wall: enacting place pedagogies in order to reimagine schooling for Black male youth
Johnson, L. P. (2014). The writing on the wall: Enacting place pedagogies in order to reimagine schooling for black male youth. Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, , 1-12. This ethnographic case study examines how Black educators at an urban middle school enacted critical place pedagogies in order… read more
“We Didn’t Let the Neighborhood Win”: Black Male Students’ Experiences in Negotiating and Navigating an Urban Neighborhood
Brooms, D. R. (2015). “We Didn’t let the neighborhood win”: Black male students’ experiences in negotiating and navigating an urban neighborhood. The Journal of Negro Education, 84(3), 269-281. The current study relies on in-depth interviews with twenty Black males who graduated from Du Bois Academy (pseudonym), an urban, all-boys public… read more