Month: August 2019

Brown@65 | Introduction to a special online issue about contemporary school segregation by Peter Piazza and Heather Bennett*

In the 2019 Democratic Primary debates, school integration resurfaced in the national policy discussion, after a long period of absence. The short exchange between Kamala Harris and Joe Biden at the June 27thdebate sparked extensive media attention and analysis in the weeks that followed. At the second round of debates on July 31st, moderators reprised the skirmish between

Professional Development for Educational Leaders on Integrating Technology into Classrooms Part IV by Diane H. Zack

Educational leaders have a professional responsibility to provide focused professional learning to support teachers learning to create engaging lessons and curricula that incorporate technology and 21st Century Skills.  The following is the fourth part of a five-part series designed to provide educational leaders insights on the content, structure, and strategies necessary for developing effective professional

Call for Student Board Members for the American Journal of Education Forum

Greetings Graduate Students, The American Journal of Education (AJE) is seeking doctoral and master’s student applicants for the AJE Student Board. AJE is a core journal in the field of education that covers a broad spectrum of educational research (including K-12 and higher education levels), and has been edited by Penn State faculty since 2003. AJE’s Student

Book Review | Samuel Jaye Tanner’s Whiteness, Pedagogy, and Youth in America reviewed by Jonathan McCausland

Whiteness, Pedagogy, and Youth in America by Samuel Jaye Tanner (2018) provides an in-depth account of a school-based participatory action research project with high school students surrounding the complexities of whiteness and white students’ identities. This book is a helpful resource for AJE Forum readers interested in youth participatory action research (YPAR), art education, critical scholarship,