{"pk":63273,"title":"Engaging Diversity and Marginalization through Participatory Action Research: A Model for Independent School Reform","subtitle":null,"abstract":"Authored by a university researcher, school practitioner, and high school student, this article examines how independent schools can utilize participatory action research (PAR) to bolster diversity and inclusion efforts. A case study approach was taken to showcase a two-year PAR project at a progressive independent school that sought to: (a) enrich institutional knowledge of student diversity, (b) capture the present-day schooling experiences of historically marginalized students in independent school settings, and (c) develop a dynamic action plan to ameliorate school issues that emerged through the PAR inquiry process. Committed to institutional research that informs school policy and practice, we argue that PAR provides a rigorous, student-centered, and democratic model for independent school reform.","language":"en","license":null,"keywords":[{"word":"participatory action research"},{"word":"diversity and inclusion"},{"word":"independent schools"},{"word":"school reform"}],"section":"Articles","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/51b8c9nk","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Joseph","middle_name":"Derrick","last_name":"Nelson","name_suffix":"","institution":"Swarthmore College and University of Pennsylvania","department":""},{"first_name":"Tanya","middle_name":"","last_name":"Maloney","name_suffix":"","institution":"Montclair State University","department":""},{"first_name":"Zachary","middle_name":"","last_name":"Hodges","name_suffix":"","institution":"Columbia University","department":""}],"date_submitted":"2016-02-28T23:19:56Z","date_accepted":"2016-02-28T23:19:56Z","date_published":"2017-05-09T02:50:12Z","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/bre/article/63273/galley/48804/download/"}]}