The Sociopolitical Development of Black Adolescents Attending Urban No-Excuses and Progressive Charter High Schools

• In Event: Roundtable Session 47
  In Roundtable Session: Broadening Approaches to Educating Black Youth

Abstract

This mixed methods study highlighted and compared the sociopolitical development of Black adolescents attending progressive and no excuses charter high schools over the course of the 2013-14 school year. Our analyses revealed that Black adolescents attending progressive schools demonstrated greater shifts in their ability to analyze oppressive social forces while Black adolescents attending no excuses schools demonstrated greater shifts in their sense of efficacy around navigating these oppressive forces.

Authors

• Scott Clifford Seider, Boston University

• Daren Graves, Simmons College

• Aaliyah El-Amin, Harvard University

• Madora Soutter, Boston University

• Shelby Clark, Boston University

• Jalene Tamerat, Boston University

• Pauline Elizabeth Jennett, Boston University

• Kathryn J Gramigna, Boston University

• Jamie Johannsen, Boston University

• Saira Malhotra, Boston University