Talk About a Racial Eclipse: Narratives of Institutional Evasion in an Urban School–University Partnership. (March 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Phelps Moultrie, Jada; Magee, Paula A.; Paredes Scribner, Samantha M.
• Other Names: Willey Craig guest-editor.; Sosa Teresa guest-editor.; Scheurich James Joseph guest-editor.
• Is Part Of: Journal of cases in educational leadership. Volume 20:Number 1(2017:Mar.)
• Page Start: 6
• Page End: 21
• Publication Date: 2017-03
• Subjects: critical race theory -- organizational narratives -- school–university partnership -- urban school leadership; Educational leadership -- Periodicals; Educational leadership -- Research -- Periodicals; 371.2011
• DOI: 10.1177/1555458917690429
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1555-4589

Abstract

During a student teaching experience, teacher education candidates affiliated with an urban School of Education school–university partnership witnessed a disturbing interaction between an early career White male teacher and a first-grade Black male student at an assigned elementary school. The subsequent interactions among the teacher, principal, district administrators, and university partners illumine the racial implications at varying levels from the individual to the structural level. The ways in which race is centered, yet is evaded by school actors, raises important considerations for leadership. Authors suggest combining critical race theory with organizational narratives to explore the dilemmas at various structural levels, but in particular for the principal and district-level administrators.