Families Not Engaging With School? Rethink the Problem

The coronavirus pandemic has allowed a long-standing educational myth to take on new force. Educators often claim that their efforts to serve some groups of children, primarily Black, Latino, and Native American, are hindered by things their families fail to do—things like supervise homework, comply with school requests, and communicate with teachers. During pandemic-initiated distance…

Indigenous Futures Survey

Dr. Stephanie Fryberg (University of Michigan) and Dr. Arianne Eason (UC Berkeley), as well as many members of our lab helped create the Indigenous Futures Survey Report. The Indigenous Futures Survey collected critical information regarding the most important needs and issues of Native Americans. To read the Indigenous Futures Survey Report and the Impact of COVID…

2020 Updates (So Far)

Since 2019, we’ve welcomed two more research assistants: Haley and Taylor. Great to have you two! Our lab’s very own Stephanie Fryberg, Arianne Eason, Laura Brady, Nadia Jessop, and Julisa Lopez published their study on the Native American mascot debate. Julisa Lopez (graduate student) won the Graduate Student Poster Award at the 2020 SPSP Convention…