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Goings, Ramon B.; Hotchkins, Bryan; Walker, Larry J. – Journal of Research on Leadership Education, 2019
Given the rapid decline of teachers and school leaders after the "Brown v. Board of Education" decision, there has been an increased conversation on diversifying the educator workforce. Furthermore, little is known about the preparation of human resource officers (HROs) who share responsibility for teacher candidate selection and hiring.…
Descriptors: Desegregation Litigation, School Desegregation, Diversity (Faculty), Teacher Selection
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Rury, John L.; Hill, Shirley – History of Education, 2013
This paper considers African-American student protests in secondary schools during the 1960s and early 1970s. Taking a national perspective, it charts a growing sense of independence and militancy among black students as they made the schools a focal point of activism. Activist students challenged established civil rights organisations on a…
Descriptors: Educational History, African American Students, African American Teachers, Principals
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Cook, Daniella Ann; Dixson, Adrienne D. – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2013
Using a critical race theory lens, the authors propose a way of writing race research using composite counterstories. Drawing on data from a yearlong study of school rebuilding in the time period immediately after Hurricane Katrina devastated the City of New Orleans, the authors examine the experiences of African-American educators in the school…
Descriptors: Race, Critical Theory, African American Teachers, Educational Change