Schools should be places where all students can feel valued, encouraged, and safe. School climate refers to the aspects of the school that have to do with the relationships, practices, and values students perceive. My research focuses on the school climate for diversity, which is composed of a number of elements: Equal status: Amount of… Continue Reading School Climate for Diversity

The racial identity-context congruence perspective is a theory to explain why being strongly connected to your group is related to academic success for some African American youth and not others. Contrary to media representations, research has shown that African American youth are more successful when they feel good about being Black. Yet the research often misses the… Continue Reading The Congruence Perspective