It’s Bigger Than Hip-Hop: Estimating the Impact of a Culturally Responsive Classroom Intervention on Student Outcomes

• Published in: Urban education (Beverly Hills, Calif.) Vol. 56; no. 10; pp. 1748 - 1781
• Main Authors: Cherfas, Lina, Casciano, Rebecca, Wiggins, Michael Anthony
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.12.2021; SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
• Subjects: Academic Achievement; African American Culture; At Risk Students; Culturally Relevant Education; English language; European History; High School Students; Hip hop culture; History Instruction; Humanities; Intervention; Language Arts; Music; Outcomes of Education; Popular culture; Program Effectiveness; Quasi-experimental methods; Schools; Secondary school students; United States History; Urban Education; hip-hop education; culturally relevant pedagogy; urban education; academic achievement; subjects
• ISSN: 0042-0859; 1552-8340
• DOI: 10.1177/0042085918789729

Despite growing interest in culturally responsive pedagogy (CRP), little research has examined its effect on student performance. In this article, we place CRP in a sociohistorical context and document how one intervention, Fresh Prep, draws on CRP to engage and instruct high school students identif...