Adriana Villavicencio, PhD

Episode 79 of the FocusED School Leadership Podcast with Guest Dr. Adriana Villavicencio - TheSchoolHouse302 Breaking Barriers with Dr. Adriana VillavicencioThis is Season 6, Episode 11 of FocusED, and it features our guest, Dr. Adriana Villavicencio; we discuss Episode 79 of the FocusED School Leadership Po...

This was an engaging conversation with two longtime leaders and the hosts of FocusED School Leadership Podcast. I reflect on my research in NYC and organizational leadership to offer up some lessons learned and concrete approaches for enacting change and transformation.

Columbia and Brown, by settling, have encouraged this tactic. Authoritarians are emboldened by capitulation, and they won't stop until the cost outweighs the benefits.

I mean it is the administration of the lowest of lows.

I remember buying books when there weren't enough for the kids, printer paper to make copies, chalk, markers, pencils, snacks. Moreover, we often internalized these purchases as a responsibility instead of what they were - a reflection of a system gone terribly wrong.

Congrats, David! Was just thinking of your work. Happy to hear about this development!

By drawing on parents' stories told in their own language, this paper challenges both deficit perspectives of and monolithic assumptions about non-English speaking parents, shedding light on the complex realities and dynamics that shape their decision making processes and priorities. 2/2

Counter-narratives from Spanish and mandarin-speaking parents navigating school choice in the United States Research on school choice has documented the experiences of parents navigating choice systems, but there is little research on experiences of non-English speaking parents in particular. This paper ...

Excited to share our NEW PAPER. Research on school choice has widely documented the experiences of parents navigating choice systems, but there is little research that draws on the stories of non-English speaking parents in the U.S. 1/2

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School choice research often does not center #AAPI experiences. In the Winter 2024 issue of #HarvardEdReview, Tiffany Wu, @adrianaruth.bsky.social, and Verenisse Ponce Soria expand our understanding of how AAPI parents’ racial preferences shape school selection: https://bit.ly/4gB75C2

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How do racial attitudes influence #AAPI parents’ #SchoolChoice decisions? Tiffany Wu, @adrianaruth.bsky.social, and Verenisse Ponce Soria reveal how diversity, safety, and the model minority myth shape preferences in the new issue of #HarvardEdReview: https://bit.ly/4gB75C2

We aim to help policymakers undertsnad the complex motivations within multiracial communities when designing and implementing school integration plans.

Racial Attitudes Among Asian American Parents and Their Influence on School Choice In this article Tiffany Wu, Adriana Villavicencio, and Verenisse Ponce Soria investigate how Asian American parents define and understand diversity and explore how racial attitudes influence parents’ ...

NEW PAPER. Within our broader study of a school choice policy designed to reduce racial segregation, we draw on interviews conducted in English and Mandarin with Asian American parents to examine how they conceptualize school diversity and how, or if, race influences their school choices.

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