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- Title
Work Hard for Whom? A Critical Autoethnography on the Policies and Practices of a KIPP Charter School.
- Authors
Ervin, Jennifer
- 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. However, 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 collectively trouble these disconnections and (re)consider how policies may impact students of Color in similar institutions.
- Subjects
CHARTER schools; AUTOETHNOGRAPHY; SUCCESS; HISPANIC American students; EDUCATION policy; URBAN schools
- Publication
Critical Questions in Education, 2024, Vol 15, Issue 1, p19
- ISSN
2327-3607
- Publication type
Article