Scholarship on critical consciousness frames how people who are more marginalized
deeply analyze, feel empowered to change, and take collective action to redress perceived …

Scholarship on youth engagement indicates that adolescents address social issues of public
concern, but it is not clear how youth challenge racism. This gap in the literature stems from …

An extensive theoretical and qualitative literature stresses the promise of instructional
practices and content aligned with minority students' experiences. Ethnic studies courses …

The Arizona legislature passed HB 2281, which eliminated Tucson Unified School District's
(TUSD's) Mexican American Studies (MAS) program, arguing the curriculum was too …

This article explores the potential of a critical pedagogy of race in high school classrooms to
foster civic engagement and academic development. We begin with an exploration of the …

The current study examined whether youth perceptions of school racial messages that
acknowledged the reality of racism (critical consciousness [CC] messages) or denied racism …

This book describes how neoliberalism as societal philosophy works to limit human potential
in our school systems. Analyzing contemporary school reform and control, punishment, and …

Community-based educational spaces (CBES; afterschool programs, community-based
youth organizations, etc.) have a long history of interrupting patterns of educational inequity …

Developmental psychologists widely recognize that the social structures and inequities of
American society influence youth development. A burgeoning body of research also …

In this essay we begin with a discussion of what we call the “great gap” between our
research and its influence on society. We point out that although there is ample evidence …