Intersectionality in Education

Contents

Foreword  Sonia Nieto  vii

Introduction to Intersectionality-Based Analysis  1
Jennifer F. Samson and Wendy Cavendish

PART I: INTERSECTION OF SYSTEMS AND DISCIPLINES  7

1.  Delivery Systems and Intersectional Vulnerability  9
Leigh Patel

2.  Law, Identity, and Access to Education  16
Osamudia James

3.  Overlapping Interests: Contributions of Criminology for Schools and Education Policy  24
Amie L. Nielsen

PART II: APPLICATIONS OF INTERSECTIONALITY-BASED ANALYSIS FRAMEWORKS AND POLICIES  41

4.  Toward More Effective Policy, Practice, and Research in Child Welfare and Education  43
Kele Stewart and Wendy Cavendish

5.  Legislative Blindness: Policy Considerations for Youth Experiencing Homelessness  60
Deborah Perez

6.  Teachers’ Responses to Policies Affecting Late-Entering Students With Interrupted Formal Education  78
Kristin Kibler

PART III: APPLICATION OF INTERSECTIONALITY-BASED ANALYSIS IN RESEARCH  93

7.  Advancing the Educational Equity Agenda: Identity Responsiveness as an Approach to Recruiting and Retaining Black Male Special Educators  95
Patrice Fenton

8.  Translating Research to Local Contexts: Voices of Juvenile Justice-Involved Youth 111
Wendy Cavendish

9.  Indigenous Learning Lab: Inclusive Knowledge Production and Systemic Design Toward Indigenous Prolepsis  122
Aydin Bal, Aaron Bird Bear, Dosun Ko, and Linda Orie

Conclusion  151
Wendy Cavendish and Jennifer F. Samson

About the Contributors  154

Index  158