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Volume 36 Issue 1, January 2022

Volume 36 Issue 1, January 2022

The Politics of Student Voice: The Power and Potential of Students as Policy Actors

  • Guest Editor: Anjalé D. Welton
  • Guest Editor: Katherine Cumings Mansfield
  • Guest Editor: Jason D. Salisbury

Introduction

  • Anjalé D. Welton
  • Katherine Cumings Mansfield
  • Jason D. Salisbury
Abstract
Historically and contemporarily students have been critical to bringing issues of justice in education policy to the fore. Yet, there have been limited formal spaces that elevate student voice scholarship in educational policy. In response, this Politics ...
Restricted accessIntroductionFirst published December 1, 2021pp. 3–18

Feature Articles

  • Katherine Cumings Mansfield
  • Marina Lambrinou
Abstract
This paper centers the voices of students who successfully struggled alongside justice-minded school board members and other concerned citizens to create anti-racist policy changes in Alexandria City Public Schools, Virginia. Specifically, we examine the ...
Restricted accessResearch articleFirst published December 1, 2021pp. 19–56
  • Anjalé D. Welton
  • Tiffany Octavia Harris
Abstract
Youth social movements for racial justice, especially against police violence, are on the rise. And this broader policy landscape is reflective of how youth are addressing racism in policing in their local context. Therefore, by drawing upon scholarship ...
Free accessResearch articleFirst published December 3, 2021pp. 57–99
  • Manali J. Sheth
  • Jason D. Salisbury
Abstract
Equity-oriented school improvement driven by neoliberal policies focuses attention on a narrow range of inequities. Such policies fail to achieve substantive transformations that address educational constraints experienced by multiply-marginalized youth ...
Restricted accessResearch articleFirst published November 15, 2021pp. 100–141
  • Van T. Lac
  • Ana Carolina Antunes
  • Julia Daniel
  • Janiece Mackey
Abstract
Critical Participatory Action Research (CPAR) represents a tool for minoritized youth in shaping educational policies. Despite its promise, the politics of engaging in CPAR within structures ensnared in hegemonic ideologies can negate, devalue, and deny ...
Restricted accessResearch articleFirst published December 1, 2021pp. 142–168
  • Ashley D. Domínguez
  • Valencia Clement
  • Melanie Bertrand
Abstract
Research has shown the value of including youth, especially minoritized students, in school- and district-level educational decision-making. However, power dynamics, as related to adultism, along with other inequities, are barriers to youth’s political ...
Restricted accessResearch articleFirst published December 6, 2021pp. 169–198

Research Briefs

  • Ángel L. Vélez
Abstract
This research study focuses on how the racialized experiences of second-generation Puerto Rican student activists in Chicago during the social movement era increased their political identity to demand structural changes in secondary and college contexts. ...
Restricted accessResearch articleFirst published November 17, 2021pp. 199–207
  • Susan Chappell
Abstract
The purpose of this brief is to share my reflections as a practitioner-scholar conducting a student-centered inquiry. My dissertation sought to provide a channel for accessing Latinx students’ voices regarding their experiences in credit recovery ...
Restricted accessResearch articleFirst published December 3, 2021pp. 208–219