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Unequal participation in advanced placement

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ID21369725
AuthorsSuneal Kolluri (0000-0001-9628-0032, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume102
Issue4
Pages30-34
Publication date2020-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePhi Delta Kappan (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0031-7217 • E-ISSN: 1940-6487
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0031721720978059
OpenAlexW3110433072
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited12

Although participation in Advanced Placement programs has been expanding rapidly across the United States, participation among marginalized students generally, and boys of color in particular, has remained lower than for other students. In his observations at an urban high school, Suneal Kolluri found that, if they were going to put in the work required in these classes, Black and Latino boys needed to feel connected to the teachers and the curriculum. Some signed up for AP classes because they liked the teachers, but when they got the impression that those teachers didn’t believe in them, they disengaged. In addition, they didn’t see the value of the content presented in AP classes. Although teachers and counselors tried to motivate them by explaining that it would prepare them for college, the students were unconvinced that they needed this help

Advanced Placement · Curriculum · Mathematics education · Medical education · Pedagogy · Value (mathematics) · Computer Science · Critical Race Theory in Education · Higher Education Research Studies · Medicine · Psychology · School Choice and Performance

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