"That Doesn't Even Make Sense": A Narrative of One Black Girl's Experience of School

• In Event: AERA Poster Session 1
  In Poster Session: Pedagogy and Identity in Urban Settings

Abstract

There has been a lack of investment in black girls, whose schooling experiences are contextualized by the intersection of their gender and race and other social identity markers. This research, conducted in an urban, public charter school, examines the narrative experiences of one black girl within a charter school setting. This research demonstrates the ways that school policy informs the lived experiences of individual students and that taking student feedback seriously might mitigate the experiences that students have within schools. In this way, narrative, educational research can and should inform the ways that educational institutions operate, contributing to the greater public good for all students.

Author

• Jamie Uva, Teachers College, Columbia University