Anti-racist education, critical race theory & alternative schools: a comparative analysis of student achievement in alternative and Chicago public schools
Students of color, particularly African Americans and Latina/os are systematically disengaged and excluded from traditional public school curriculum. Subsequently, this disengagement and exclusion relegates people of color to an inferior social, political and economic status in society. This paper argues that race conscious education better engages and prepares students of color than traditional public schools systems. Using anti-racist education and critical race theory in education as a conceptual frameworks, this paper seeks to identify how the traditional public high school curriculum in Chicago, Illinois is failing students of color. The research specifically concentrates on the Youth Connection Charter School (YCCS) movement as an alternative high school model to serve the educational needs of students of color.
School:
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department:
Race & Ethnic Studies
Research Advisor:
Christopher M. Span
Department of Research Advisor:
Educational Policy Studies
Year of Publication:
2008