Residential and school segregation have historically mirrored each other, with school
segregation seen as simply reflecting residential patterns given neighborhood-based school …

The overarching purpose of this article is to introduce A Gardening Metaphor (AGM) as an
evolving framework for accelerating the closure of racial achievement gaps in America …

We seek to build a framework with which researchers can track the trends in charter school
specialization and parents can better understand their options. This report examines the …

Racist and inequitable schools in the United States espouse an anti-Black and color blind
curriculum that negatively impacts Black students' lives. Black schools, including …

This chapter is the first (Part 1) in a two-part series that describes a case study involving
publication suppression (prevention of certain ideas or empirical findings from being …

To address the tension between public education norms and the lived experiences of
racially marginalized students, this study examines how Brother to Sister (BTS), a community …

The educational status among African Americans is a story of continuing achievement and
continuing disparities in outcomes. On one hand, there are continuing stories of high …

There are 180 charter schools operating in Minnesota, and 40.5% of these schools enroll
more than 63% of students of color. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the degree to …

Background: Black youth are disproportionately disadvantaged in nearly every indicator of
academic performance. Objective: This analysis seeks to understand the role of racism in …

At Ember Charter School, an Afrocentric lower middle school nestled into Brooklyn's Bedford-
Stuyvesant neighborhood, students develop mental resilience through an African-centered …