Jordan, W. J., & Cooper, R. (2003). High school reform and black male students: Limits and possibilities of policy and practice. Urban Education, 38(2), 196-216. An infusion of federal funding and philanthropic support for high schools has sparked an unprecedented number of educational reforms. Still, few initiatives confront the unique… read more
Different Folks, Different Hopes: The Educational Aspirations of Black Males in Urban, Suburban, and Rural High Schools
Strayhorn, T. L. (2009). Different folks, different hopes: The educational aspirations of black males in urban, suburban, and rural high schools. Urban Education, 44(6), 710-731. The educational aspirations of Black males in urban, suburban, and rural high schools were examined in this study, using a nationally-representative sample of respondents to… read more
Variability in Schools’ Suspension Rates of Black Students
Arcia, E. (2007). Variability in schools’ suspension rates of black students. The Journal of Negro Education, 76(4), 597-608. Analyses of suspension data over a three-year period were conducted to explain between-school variability in the percentages of Black students suspended in secondary schools at a large urban school district Williams and… read more
Expulsion Programs as Colonizing Spaces of Exception
Sibblis, C. (2014). expulsion programs as colonizing spaces of exception. Race, Gender & Class, 21(1/2), 64. This essay engages with the themes of race, space and citizenship by examining one particular school board’s use of the expulsion program as a mechanism to efface, contain and oppress marked bodies. Using Mohanram’s… read more