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Undermining Equity and Justice: Navigating a Hostile Sociopolitical Climate in PK–12 Schools
Thu, April 11, 10:50am to 12:20pm, Pennsylvania Convention Center, Floor: Level 100, Room 117Session Type: Symposium
Abstract
This panel brings needed attention to how PK-12 school administrators, teachers, and school board members with justice-based commitments make sense of and navigate a sociopolitical climate that is increasingly hostile to equity and social justice initiatives. More specifically, panelists take a micro-level approach to examine how the federal courts and state-level policy shape their everyday practices. The four papers bring different analytical frames to highlight the constraints, tensions, and possibilities for what it means to advance equity and justice-based work in PK-12 schools.
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Papers
“Will They Have My Back?” Teacher Sensemaking and the Implementation of a Controversial Issues Policy - Janel Anderson, Gonzaga University
The Impact of a Protective Federal Ruling for Transgender Students Across Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin - Mollie McQuillan, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Benjamin Lebovitz, University of Wisconsin - Madison; LaShanda Harbin, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Divisive for Whom? Understanding Legislative Efforts to Curtail Justice-Oriented Educators in Iowa - Gabriel Rodriguez, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Sarah Chase, Grand Valley State University; Nicolas Jordan Tanchuk, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
“We Were Oftentimes Held Hostage by Everybody”: Experiences of BIPOC School Board Members - Carrie Sampson, Arizona State University; Emily Nunez-Eddy, Arizona State University; Jasmine Pham, University of Toronto - OISE