Overview Housed within the Division of Diversity & Community Engagement at the University of Texas at Austin, the Heman Sweatt Center for Black Males Research Lab strives to create equitable access for Black males across the P-16 educational continuum. The Heman Sweatt Center for Black Males Research Lab accomplishes this… Continue Reading Research
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\Overrepresentation of African American Students in Exclusionary Discipline The Role of School Policy
Fenning, P., & Rose, J. (2007). Overrepresentation of african american students in exclusionary discipline the role of school policy. Urban Education, 42(6), 536-559. The overrepresentation of ethnic minority students, particularly African American males, in the exclusionary discipline consequences of suspension and expulsion has been consistently documented during the past three… Continue Reading \Overrepresentation of African American Students in Exclusionary Discipline The Role of School Policy
When School Is Not Enough: Understanding the Lives and Literacies of Black Youth
Kinloch, V., Burkhard, T., & Penn, C. (2017). When school is not enough: Understanding the lives and literacies of black youth. Research in the Teaching of English, 52(1), 34. This article discusses findings from two interconnected ethnographic studies on the out-of-school literacy practices of Black adolescent males: 18-year-old Khaleeq from… Continue Reading When School Is Not Enough: Understanding the Lives and Literacies of Black Youth