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Anderson, Elizabeth – Theory and Research in Education, 2012
This article criticizes the view that, if cultural factors within the black community explain poor educational outcomes for blacks, then blacks should bear all of the disadvantages that follow from this. Educational outcomes are the joint, iterated product of schools' responses to students' and parents' culturally conditioned conduct. Schools are…
Descriptors: African American Community, Race, Educational Objectives, Low Achievement
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Rios-Aguilar, Cecilia; Kiyama, Judy Marquez; Gravitt, Michael; Moll, Luis C. – Theory and Research in Education, 2011
Educational researchers have assumed that the concept of funds of knowledge is related to specific forms of capital. However, scholars have not examined "if" and "how" these theoretical frameworks can complement each other when attempting to understand educational opportunity for under-represented students. In this article, we argue that a funds…
Descriptors: Student Diversity, Educational Opportunities, Disproportionate Representation, Educational Researchers