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Burt, Janeula M.; Dorsey, Dana Thompson; Dawkins-Law, Shelby Eden; Floyd, Camile Fears; Williams, Cherish – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2016
Extant research has shown that students do better academically and socially when they are in schooling environments that are racially and socioeconomically diverse (Coleman, 1966). To date, there is very limited research which has examined the development of adolescents' racial, ethnic, and social identities within the contemporary contexts of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, High School Students, Racial Identification, Identification (Psychology)
Knoeppel, Robert C.; Brewer, Curtis A.; Lindle, Jane Clark; First, Patricia F. – Online Submission, 2009
The purpose of this study is to expand the definition of adequacy by adding soft skills as a measure of school productivity. The singular focus on academic standards inherent in education policy has prevented scholars from seeing the concept of adequacy through myriad perspectives and has contributed to a resegregation of schools. Education policy…
Descriptors: Productivity, Academic Standards, Educational Change, Educational Policy