Now or Never: The Possibilities of Critical Race Theory to Promote Equity in Education Pedagogy and Practice

Session Type: Paper Session

Abstract

How can CRT be framed to promote equitable educational practices and improve the quality of education? What are the consequences of failing to include CRT in educational research? What can we, as educators and researchers, do to promote CRT in practice, and increase its usage and applicability within academic spaces? In this session, panelists and participants will engage in conversations about the power and potential of CRT to promote equitable education in research and practice. Collectively, such dialogue will serve as a means to cultivate critical and timely discussions around the ways in which CRT can be used to critique current education systems, and promote social justice in education research, learning and practice.

Sub Unit

• Division G - Social Context of Education

Chair

• Symone Gyles, University of California - Irvine

Papers

• Counterstory Methodology and Critical Race Theory - Aja Y. Martinez, University of North Texas

• The Fight Against Anti–Critical Race Theory (CRT) Legislation in Texas and the Promotion of CRT in Ethnic Studies - Angela Valenzuela, The University of Texas at Austin

• Utilizing Critical Race Theory in STEM to Advance Racial Justice - Terrell R Morton, University of Illinois at Chicago

• Utilizing Critical Race Theory to Promote the Advancement of Minoritized Student Achievement - Collin Perryman, Johns Hopkins University

Discussant

• Sarah Mae Olivar, Fordham University