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
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Restricted accessIntroductionFirst published December 1, 2021pp. 3–18
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
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
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Free accessResearch articleFirst published December 3, 2021pp. 57–99
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
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
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Restricted accessResearch articleFirst published December 1, 2021pp. 142–168
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
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Restricted accessResearch articleFirst published December 6, 2021pp. 169–198
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.
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Restricted accessResearch articleFirst published November 17, 2021pp. 199–207
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