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Publication Date: 2017
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Schooling in Suburbia: The Intersections of Race, Class, Gender, and Place in Black Fathers' Engagement and Family-School Relationships
Posey-Maddox, Linn
Gender and Education, v29 n5 p577-593 2017
Few studies have explored the engagement of fathers in children's schooling. Understanding the role that black fathers, in particular, play in their children's education is both important and timely given the persistent opportunity gaps faced by many black students in the US and the influential role that black fathers can play in their children's academic success. This paper thus explores the experiences and educational engagement strategies of a socioeconomically mixed sample of 16 black fathers in a predominantly white suburb in the US. The research findings challenge dominant portrayals of black fathers as largely absent or uninvolved in their children's education, and illustrate the importance of understanding the intersections of race, class, gender, and place in studies of parents' engagement.
Descriptors: Suburban Schools, Parent Participation, Fathers, African American Students, Parent Child Relationship, Parent Role, Stereotypes, Parenting Styles, Educational Attitudes, Goal Orientation, Expectation, Parents as Teachers, Guidance, Family Environment, Progress Monitoring, Advocacy, Intervention, Family School Relationship, Race, Social Class, Sex Role, Racial Bias, Ethnography, Data Analysis
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Wisconsin
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