Journal article
Between a "ROC" and a School Place: The Role of Racial Opportunity Cost in the Educational Experiences of Academically Successful Students of Color
Educational studies (Ames), Vol.50(5), pp.464-497
01/01/2014
DOI: 10.1080/00131946.2014.943891
Abstract
Despite numerous reform efforts, schools have not achieved equitable academic outcomes for all students. To better identify where schools have failed, research has sought to understand the complex role the school environment plays in mediating academic success, particularly for students of color. In this article, we forward the concept of racial opportunity cost and then use it as a lens to encapsulate the price academically successful students of color pay in their pursuit of school success. Through individual and focus group interviews, 18 African American and Latina/o students revealed nuances of the costs their academic achievement brought in the racialized, White-normed spaces that often permeated their school cultures. The purpose of this article is to provide theoretical support for the racial opportunity cost concept using existing interdisciplinary scholarship and to describe the racial opportunity costs that emerged from our analysis of student interviews.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Between a "ROC" and a School Place: The Role of Racial Opportunity Cost in the Educational Experiences of Academically Successful Students of Color
- Creators
- Terah Venzant Chambers - Michigan State UniversityKristin S. Huggins - Washington State UniversityLeslie A. Locke - University of Southern MississippiRhonda M. Fowler - Mitchell Institute
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Educational studies (Ames), Vol.50(5), pp.464-497
- DOI
- 10.1080/00131946.2014.943891
- ISSN
- 0013-1946
- eISSN
- 1532-6993
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- Number of pages
- 34
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/01/2014
- Academic Unit
- Educational Policy and Leadership Studies; Public Policy Center (Archive)
- Record Identifier
- 9984283566702771
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