Educational Policy · 2006 · 49 citations · 39 references
HumanitiesEducational LeadershipEthnic StudiesAmerican StudiesChicano StudiesCritical TheoryLatino PoliticsLatinx StudiesRace In EducationRace In SchoolingRacismWhite SupremacyColorblind Racism In SchoolsInstitutional Racism In EducationRacial Segregation In EducationRacialized Experiences In EducationSchool District FinanceSchool Finance AccountabilitySchool Finance AnalysisWhiteness In Schools
In this article, Alemán examines how Mexican American district leaders conceptualize and argue for a more equitable system of school finance. The superintendents studied are politically active educational leaders who participate in the school finance debate while advocating for their Mexican American constituency. The author addresses the nature of the superintendents’ policy and political discourse and their conceptualizations of race and racism in their political strategy. In these analyses, the author uses a Critical Race Theory (CRT) framework and argues for a more critical debate of the inherent institutional racism at the foundation of Texas school finance policy.
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