“We Want to Be Seen, Not Surveilled”: Black Students Telling Their Side of the Story

• In Event: Thursday Roundtable Session 9:00 am
  In Roundtable Session: Centering Black Students' Agency Across Educational Spaces (Table 25)

Abstract

The chronic underperformance of Black students in k-12 schools has been a focal point of educational research for decades. While this research has been critical in bringing attention to the underservice of Black students in US schools, it has led to sparse improvement for Black students. One plausible reason for the lack of progress for Black students is that education reform efforts often use top-down approaches for improving schools, rarely engaging student voices. By positioning Black students as experts this research aims to challenge normative approaches to school improvement. Utilizing Black students as the primary unit of analysis, my research project explored Black students in-school experiences and seeks to reimagine schools in a way to improve Black student success.

Author

• Jaleel R. Howard, University of California - Los Angeles