UNM team look at ethnic studies to reduce classroom inequalities
Project will follow students in Albuquerque, Los Angeles, San Francisco January 28, 2021
Can ethnic studies high school classes reduce complex inequalities across school districts as these programs continue to grow across school districts? A group of researchers from The University of New Mexico will collaborate with Albuquerque Public Schools (APS), to examine this question.
The study, led by UNM Sociology professor Nancy López and associate professor Shiv Desai, is funded through a two-year grant of $570,000 from the William T. Grant Foundation, which invests in high-quality research focused on reducing inequality in youth outcomes and improving the use of research evidence in decisions that affect young people in the United States. Lopez and Desai, along with colleagues at the University of California, Irvine, and University of California, Los Angeles, will work together on the project.