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Posey, Linn – Teachers College Record, 2017
Background: Research has demonstrated the importance of understanding the multiple factors that shape parents' relationships with schools, including the resources parents have at their disposal, their own educational histories, and the influence of school cultures and policies. Less is known, however, about how parents' engagement relates to their…
Descriptors: Race, African American Family, Parent School Relationship, Suburban Schools
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Milligan, Tonya; Howley, Craig – International Journal of Multicultural Education, 2015
This study explores how 10 principals in mostly-Black U.S. urban elementary schools staffed by mostly-White faculty understood and experienced the manifestations of racial differences. Narrative inquiry with nearly 700 pages of transcript data yielded three themes: (1) gradients of color-conscious leadership, (2) principals as moral agents, and…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Urban Schools, Elementary Schools, Racial Segregation