Researching the Reparations in Schools: Urban Youth as Researchers of School Quality

Session Type: Invited Speaker Session

Abstract

The focal school for this presentation is the last predominantly Black elementary school
in East Oakland (CA), a community that has been devastated by gentrification and
corporate chartering of schools despite being world renown as the birthplace of the Black
Panthers. Recently, the school district has implemented a Black Reparations Initiative
which aims to build on the 2010 launch of the Office of African American Male
Achievement by prioritizing the well-being and success of Black students. The youth
researchers on this panel will be presenting their findings on the fidelity of
implementation and quality of impact of this program in their school.

Sub Unit

• AERA Presidential Session

Chair

• Jeffrey M.R. Duncan-Andrade, San Francisco State University

Participants

• Laurence Tan, University of California - Los Angeles

• Jeffrey M.R. Duncan-Andrade, San Francisco State University

Discussant

• Jeffrey M.R. Duncan-Andrade, San Francisco State University