Not “Citizens in Waiting”

Student Counter-Narratives of Anti-Equity Campaigns

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ID21581908
AuthorsAndrene Castro (0000-0001-7579-5627, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, USA, corresponding author), April Hewko (Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, USA), Kevin L Clay (0000-0001-8339-9237, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA), Genevieve Siegel-Hawley (Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, USA), Genevieve Siegel‐hawley (0000-0003-0700-594X, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, USA), Kim Bridges (Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, USA)
Year2024
Volume38
Issue7
Pages1638-1675
Publication date2024-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEducational Policy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0895-9048 • E-ISSN: 1552-3896
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/08959048241271391
OpenAlexW4402739270
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited48

Recent efforts prohibiting race-related diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives have informed localized public pushback narrating anti-equity campaigns. Emerging research and media accounts have largely focused on adults engaged with or against these efforts, with less attention on youth and their perceptions of these campaigns. To center youth voice, we analyzed 224 student newspaper articles published in Carmel, Indiana and Loudoun County, Virginia—two sites replete with localized contestations of equity reform. Using narrative policy analysis and approaches to counter-narratives, findings demonstrate youths’ roles as engaged policy actors as student journalists highlighted forms of political engagement and action in their local contexts. We include recommendations for school leaders and policymakers to promote youth voice and engagement in education governance

Narrative · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · Critical Race Theory in Education · Higher Education Practises and Engagement · Higher Education Research Studies · Law

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