What Have You Done for Me Lately? Educational Research and Urban Schools

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ID9729905
AuthorsJacob Bennett (0000-0002-2215-5252, University of Virginia, corresponding author), Jacob S Bennett (University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA), Benji Cohen (University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA)
Year2019
Volume51
Issue2
Pages175-194
Publication date2019-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEducation and Urban Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0013-1245 • E-ISSN: 1552-3535
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0013124517714866
OpenAlexW2713636746
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited24

Educational scholars have argued that poverty can hamper student achievement. In this critical discussion paper, we provide a historiography of how urban poverty increased in America over the last 30 years of the 20th century. We contend that educators and educational researchers working in P-12 urban schools should understand how federal urban policies contributed to the academic opportunity gap. To show how these federal polices still affect urban youth today, we provide demographic, housing, and crime data from two school districts in Nashville, Tennessee. These data shed light on the adverse effects federal policies have had on urban districts when compared to their suburban counterparts. As such, we believe there is a need for a reconceptualization of the type of research conducted in P-12 urban schools. We end by providing recommendations for how this shift might occur

Academic achievement · Economic growth · Economics · Pedagogy · Political science · Poverty · Sociology · Critical Race Theory in Education · Higher Education Research Studies · Public Administration · School Choice and Performance

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