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Direct linkAchinstein, Betty; Curry, Marnie W.; Ogawa, Rodney T. – American Journal of Education, 2015
Given educators' call to equalize educational opportunities, research is needed to illuminate promises and tensions in schools that resist negative labeling and sorting of nondominant youth. This article examines an urban high school that challenges traditional expectations for low-income, Latina/o students by engaging in "relabeling," a…
Descriptors: Urban Education, Urban Schools, High School Students, Hispanic American Students
Achinstein, Betty; Curry, Marnie W.; Ogawa, Rodney T.; Athanases, Steven Z. – Urban Education, 2016
This article presents a 2-year critical case study of an urban high school innovating to enhance the academic performance of low-income Latina/o students, highlighting high-leverage practices that promote boundary crossing between school and community. First, we highlight foundational elements of school logic, mission, and community ethos that…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Urban Schools, High School Students, Low Income Groups
Athanases, Steven Z.; Achinstein, Betty; Curry, Marnie Willis; Ogawa, Rodney T. – Teachers College Record, 2016
Background/Context: Literatures on college-going cultures offer patterns and lists of practices that promote schoolwide attention to college-going for nondominant youth, often with organization-level analyses of policies and procedures. Other literature identifies promising practices and challenges to conventional instruction, often examining…
Descriptors: High Schools, Disproportionate Representation, Low Income Groups, Minority Group Students
Achinstein, Betty; Aguirre, Julia – Teachers College Record, 2008
Background: The call to recruit and retain teachers of color in urban high-minority schools is based on an assumption of a cultural match with students. Yet new teachers of color may find themselves challenged by students with whom they are supposedly culturally matched. Although past research has examined recruitment, preservice, and veteran…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Teaching Methods, Minority Group Teachers, Diversity (Faculty)
Retaining Teachers of Color: A Pressing Problem and a Potential Strategy for "Hard-to-Staff" Schools
Achinstein, Betty; Ogawa, Rodney T.; Sexton, Dena; Freitas, Casia – Review of Educational Research, 2010
Given calls to diversify the teaching workforce, this review examines research on retention and turnover of teachers of color, focusing on new teachers because they leave at disproportionately high rates. Reviewing 70 studies, the authors found that (a) recent national studies identify turnover rates for teachers of color are now higher than those…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Diversity (Faculty), Teacher Persistence, Student Diversity
Peer reviewedAchinstein, Betty – Teachers College Record, 2002
Uses micropolitical and organizational theory to examine teacher communities. Data from case studies of two urban middle schools show that when teachers enact collaborative reforms in the name of community, conflict often emerges. Results indicate that conflict is central to community, and how teachers manage conflict defines community borders and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Conflict Resolution, Middle School Teachers, Middle Schools
