Placing Housing at the Center Toward an Equitable Education System in the 21st Century

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

As metropolitan regions across the country grapple with the political economy of, and human need for housing (Pattillo, 2013), and related housing justice mobilizing, there is a need to interrogate what this means for schools, teaching and learning, and families. Drawing on critical theories, this session seeks to illuminate how housing intersects with education in the experiences of families, educators, and youth. Moreover, how families, educators, tenant organizers and policymakers advocate for new possibilities. We argue that education scholarship can benefit from a deeper engagement with housing, or the housing-school nexus. Particularly, as it relates to exclusionary school discipline and special education practices; tenant right organizing; and critical professional development for social justice educators and their efforts towards systems change.

Sub Unit

• Division G - Social Context of Education / Division G - Section 1: Education and Place, Space, Time

Chair

• Deborah McKoy, University of California - Berkeley

Papers

• Spatial Othering at the Municipal, School District, and School Levels: A Case From a Suburb - Dian Mawene, University of Wisconsin - Madison

• Tenant Organizers' Perspectives on the Housing-School Nexus: Families, Youth, Schools, and Fights for Housing Justice - Maria Velazquez, University of Wisconsin - Madison

• What Can We Learn From Teachers? Critical Teacher Learning and the Housing-School Nexus - Daniele Fogel, University of California - Berkeley

Discussant

• Jennifer Jellison Holme, University of Texas at Austin