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Work Hard for Whom? A Critical Autoethnography on the Policies and Practices of a KIPP Charter School
| Title: | Work Hard for Whom? A Critical Autoethnography on the Policies and Practices of a KIPP Charter School |
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| Authors: | Jennifer Ervin |
| Source: | Critical Questions in Education. 2024 15(1):19-37. |
| Abstract: | In this critical autoethnography, I reflect on my experience teaching in a KIPP charter school in an urban, racially diverse city in the southwestern U.S. Over the past few decades KIPP has gained both prestige and resentment as a major character in the charter school movement. Their focus on supporting students from underrepresented racial backgrounds in achieving academic success has gained them ample support in many communities. How-ever, in this article I draw attention to the KIPP policies and practices that work directly against the organization's aims and instead support a process of acculturation. I engage with storytelling to bring the reader into my classroom experiences so that we might col-lectively trouble these disconnections and (re)consider how policies may impact students of Color in similar institutions. |
| Language: | English |
| Availability: | Academy for Educational Studies. 2419 Berkeley Street, Springfield, MO 65804. Tel: 417-299-1560; e-mail: cqieeditors@gmail.com; Web site: http://academyforeducationalstudies.org |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 19 |
| Publication Date: | 2024 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: | Autobiographies, Ethnography, Educational Policy, Educational Practices, Charter Schools, Minority Group Students, Disproportionate Representation, Academic Achievement, Acculturation, Critical Race Theory, Equal Education |
| ISSN: | 2327-3607 |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2024 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1409553 |
| ISSN: | 2327-3607 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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