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Rios-Aguilar, Cecilia; Neri, Rebecca Colina – Urban Education, 2023
Funds of Knowledge (FK), Community Cultural Wealth (CCW), and Bourdieu's analysis of capital (BAC) have each been applied in powerful ways to address complex issues of urban education; however, the overlaps and tensions between them have been largely underexplored. When brought together, these three economic metaphors--funds, wealth,…
Descriptors: Cultural Background, Communities of Practice, Urban Education, Social Justice
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Ou, Suh-Ruu; Reynolds, Arthur J. – Urban Education, 2013
The present study investigated the relationships between the timing of women's first childbirth and their postsecondary education using an inner-city minority cohort. The study sample (695 females) was drawn from the Chicago Longitudinal Study (CLS), an ongoing investigation of a panel of low-income minority children (94% African American) born in…
Descriptors: Females, Postsecondary Education, College Attendance, Minority Groups
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Amatea, Ellen S.; Cholewa, Blaire; Mixon, Kacy A. – Urban Education, 2012
There is a growing literature revealing the complexity of family-school relationships and the significant power imbalances and mismatches between the role expectations of caregivers and teachers who differ by class and race. This study investigates a course at a large research university in the Southeastern United States designed to influence the…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, Low Income Groups, Minority Groups