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STANDARDS FOR ADEQUACY The policies used to determine the size or adequacy of playground space are not codified in one place but are found in several different NYC Department of Education documents. With the recent restructuring of the New York City Department of Education by Mayor Michael Bloomberg, several offices and divisions have been merged.…
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1 Abstract: CaShawn Thompson’s hashtag, #BlackGirlMagic, has transformed into a movement over the past five years. The hashtag focuses on celebrating the beauty, influence, and strength of Black women and girls. However, Thompson’s term sits in a space of tension, where contradictory interpretations create boundaries around what Black girl celebration means as well as who…
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Background Research on children’s play asserts that children’s identities are performed and (re)formed in peer groups where they try out identities and make sense of their social worlds. Yet there are kinds of play (e.g., violence, gore, sexuality, and consumer culture) that are often hidden and taken underground, deemed inappropriate for public spaces. These underground…
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Khaki Drag is a doctoral student working in a teacher education program at an elite university. For most of the teacher candidates, the majority of whom are White women, these neighborhoods are vastly different from the ones they grew up in. Schools reward conformity to Whiteness and binary gender norms at every level from preschool…
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Few studies have sought to understand the childhood play experiences of Black boys in early childhood education (ECE), and a majority of those that investigate them often socially construct…
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ABSTRACTPlay is a gendered activity among young children, especially boys. Boys often tend to be more actively engaged in the (re)production of gendered play. However, most research studies and con…
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Chapter 8 highlights the portrait of Mr. Henry, whose literacy practices are described by Black boy kindergartener, Roland. Understanding his students’ interest in boyhood play, Mr. Henry used play to help his students better connect with reading—a subject matter that is often erroneously described by those who do not see or value Black boy knowledge…
