Diversity as a resource in an elite public school : a 21st century paradox
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- This dissertation examines the development of academic and racial identity among middle school students, and the surrounding institutional, organizational, and interactional factors that contribute to differences in academic achievement among African American students at an affluent middle school in Silicon Valley. The research study disentangles race from class allowing for a clearer examination of the work race does in high-income, highachieving learning environments and inverts traditional paradigms of achievement and opportunity gap research. Research on elite education typically examines private secondary schools and elite colleges, while affluent communities are understudied. Students in schools like these are being groomed to become future global leaders in business, technology, and government policy. Understanding how they develop their ideas about race, intelligence, and community has implications for multiple fields of inquiry. Sustained school and classroom observation supplemented by interviews and documentary analysis illuminate the overlooked constraints and contradictions of even the most well-intentioned and well-resourced school environments in providing an equitable and excellent education to all students.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
|---|---|
| Form | electronic resource; remote; computer; online resource |
| Extent | 1 online resource. |
| Place | California |
| Place | [Stanford, California] |
| Publisher | [Stanford University] |
| Copyright date | 2018; ©2018 |
| Publication date | 2018; 2018 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Author | Leinhos, Amanda Frye |
|---|---|
| Degree supervisor | Labaree, David F, 1947- |
| Thesis advisor | Labaree, David F, 1947- |
| Thesis advisor | Rosa, Jonathan |
| Thesis advisor | Snipp, C. Matthew |
| Degree committee member | Rosa, Jonathan |
| Degree committee member | Snipp, C. Matthew |
| Associated with | Stanford University, Graduate School of Education. |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
|---|---|
| Genre | Text |
Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Amanda Frye Leinhos. |
|---|---|
| Note | Submitted to the Graduate School of Education. |
| Thesis | Thesis Ph.D. Stanford University 2018. |
| Location | electronic resource |
Access conditions
- Copyright
- © 2018 by Amanda I. Frye Leinhos
- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC).
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