Cracks of Light in Danish and Californian Schools

• In Event: International Positions on Equality in Education

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to conduct ‘suspensive’ comparative analyses between the Danish and Californian school systems to find ‘cracks of light’ of opportunities in two quite different, but both rigid, school systems that continuously reproduce inequality for minoritized students. In the article, we draw on previous research on both the Danish and Californian school systems, stating that the schools systems are discriminating against minoritized students and mainly suited to the white majority children. However, as we show, by making suspensive comparative analyses between the two systems and historical contexts, they are embedded in, we can also see ‘cracks of light’ - and opportunities within these school systems and their legislations.

Authors

• Christopher Salem Ozuna, Arizona State University

• Charlotte Lange Hald, Aarhus University