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Gentrification, Settler Colonialism, and "Diversity": Research and Professional Development for Counternarratives of "Good" Public Schools

Sat, April 10, 4:10 to 5:40pm EDT (4:10 to 5:40pm EDT), Division G, Division G - Section 2 Paper and Symposium Sessions

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For five years, our research team has worked to decolonize public schools in the center of gentrifying zones of New York City. We learned that too many school district officials, educators and parents believe that public schools nestled between new high-rise luxury condos and decaying public housing projects will become de facto integrated. But our research reveals why this does not simply happen and why researchers, educators and parents must work together to counter the forces of anti-Blackness and white supremacy in diverse public schools via co-constructing professional development, supporting trailblazing school leaders to create anti-racist schools, engaging parents to rethink their assumptions about schooling and race, and reframing the very meaning of a good public school through strategic communication.

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