29.033 - Political Space, Deliberation, and Collective Action: Students, Teachers, and Parents as Socially Conscious Actors

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

This session conceives of students, teachers, and parents as socially conscious actors who create their own political spaces for deliberation and collective action within a broader agenda of school accountability, neoliberal reforms, and high-stakes sanctions. Composed of three empirical studies, the panel will: 1) investigate how urban students utilize digital media to expand discursive space and formulate a collective student voice; 2) describe how teachers of color engage in everyday political actions to reclaim the democratic purpose of schooling; and 3) discuss the participation of parents of English Learners in district-level decision-making processes.

Sub Unit

• Division G - Social Context of Education / Division G - Section 4: Social Contexts of Educational Policy and Politics

Chair

• Pauline Lipman, University of Illinois at Chicago

Papers

• Digital Space as Discursive Space: Students' Articulations of Their Educational Wants and Needs - Claudia Diera, University of California - Los Angeles

• Everyday Actions for Change: Teachers of Color Engaging in Political Struggles for Justice - Josephine Pham, University of California - Los Angeles

• Latina Mothers of English Learners as Policy Makers? Barriers and Opportunities Toward Critical Participation in the Local Control and Accountability Plan - Diana A. Porras, California State University - Long Beach

Discussant

• Pauline Lipman, University of Illinois at Chicago