Dismantling Desegregation: The Quiet Reversal of Brown v. Board of Education (BOOK)
The book describes how court ordered desegregation efforts have subsided in strength. It exposes how school systems have slowly re-segregated since the landmark Brown V. Board of Education decision. It is useful for practitioners who are interested in understanding why school systems look like they do and how segregation is related to inequities in education.
Citation/Source
Orfield, G., and Eaton, S. E. Dismantling Desegregation: The Quiet Reversal of Brown v. Board of Education. New York: New Press, 1996.
Publication Date 2024
Race in the Schoolyard: Negotiating the Color Line in Classrooms and Communities (BOOK)
The book explores how race is often not explicitly talked about in schools yet has a profound effect on how schools are organized, how students and teachers interact and how implicit lessons of race are taught. The book is an important tool for practitioners who seek to become more reflective on how their everyday interactions in schools are embedded within the historical and racial fabric of America. Lewis, A. Race in the Schoolyard: Negotiating the Color Line in Classrooms and Communities. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 2003
Citation/Source
Lewis, A. Race in the Schoolyard: Negotiating the Color Line in Classrooms and Communities. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 2003
Publication Date 2024
Education Research Brief—Disproportionality: A Look at Special Education and Race in the Commonwealth (PDF)
Considers promising practices for ensuring that all students from racial and ethnic minorities are given every opportunity to succeed in school.
Citation/Source
Matthew Deninger (2008) Massachusetts Department of Education.
Publication Date 2024
Distinguishing Difference from Disability: The Common Causes of Racial/Ethnic Disproportionality in Special Education (PDF)
Highlights some of the common policies, practices, and beliefs that place racial/ethnic minorities and low-income students at risk.
Citation/Source
Edward Fergus (2010) NYU Steinhardt Technical Assistance Center on Disproportionality.
Publication Date 2024
Colormute: Race Talk Dilemmas in an American School (BOOK)
The book explores how race is talked about and addressed in practice. The book is important because it challenges practitioners to think about how comfortable they are speaking about race in practice and what the implications of their comfort level can be for students.
Citation/Source
Pollock, M. Colormute: Race Talk Dilemmas in an American School. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2004.
Publication Date 2024
Indiana Department of Education: Indicators 9 and 10—Disproportionate Representation in Special Education (webpage)
This webpage from the Indiana Department of Education includes definitions, resources, and measurements of disproportionate representation in special education.
Citation/Source
Indiana Department of Education. 2019. Indicators 9 and 10—Disproportionate Representation in Special Education. https://www.doe.in.gov/specialed/indicators-9-10-disproportionate-representation-special-education
Publication Date 2024
Black Families and Special Education (Audio Recording)
This audio recording features a group of educational leaders discussing assessment biases issues in special education.
Citation/Source
Romney, Lee. 2019. Black Families and Special Education. Conference Audio Recording. California Association of School Psychologists.
Publication Date 2024
Equity in Action (PDF)
This report highlights a two-year study that identified barriers and evidence-based solutions to improving the academic and social emotional learning (SEL) outcomes for African American students in California.
Citation/Source
California Association of African American Superintendents and Administrators, California Collaborative for Educational Excellence, and Professional Learning Network. 2019, March. Equity in Action. https://ccee-ca.org/documents/meetings/20190606/Item10Attachment2CAAASAReport–EquityinAction.pdf
Publication Date 2024
Equity in Action (PDF)
This report highlights a two-year study that identified barriers and evidence-based solutions to improving the academic and social emotional learning (SEL) outcomes for African American students in California.
Citation/Source
California Association of African American Superintendents and Administrators, California Collaborative for Educational Excellence, and Professional Learning Network. 2019, March. Equity in Action. https://ccee-ca.org/documents/meetings/20190606/Item10Attachment2CAAASAReport–EquityinAction.pdf
Publication Date 2024
Beyond the Schoolhouse: Overcoming Challenges and Expanding Opportunities for Black Youth in Los Angeles County (PDF)
This report examines the challenges and opportunities that Black students face in Los Angeles County. The report explores key academic and school climate indicators as they illustrate distinct differences between Black students and students of other racial and ethnic groups.
Citation/Source
Noguera, Pedro, Joseph Bishop, Tyrone Howard, and S. Johnson. 2019. Beyond the Schoolhouse: Overcoming Challenges and Expanding Opportunities for Black Youth in Los Angeles County. Los Angeles, CA: Center for the Transformation of Schools, Black Male Institute, Graduate School of Education & Information Studies, University of California.
Publication Date 2024
