Kiana Bradford
Ph.D., School of Education
Program Area: Curriculum, Culture and Change
Education
- Ph.D. in Education (May 2027), Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia
- M. Ed in Education, Curriculum & Instruction (December 2019), University of Richmond
- B.S. in Psychology (May 2017), Virginia Commonwealth University
Line of Research
When Brown v. Board ruled that “separate but equal” was unconstitutional and ordered schools to integrate in 1954 it took almost 20 years for some school districts to adhere to the policy. However, it was changed in courts in 1991 that it was never intended for the federal courts to continue to have oversight over education and schools were released from the orders slowly if they showed the methods they used to integrate. Since that decision, schools have slowly become more segregated over the past thirty years and are moving towards the segregation that was seen before Brown v. Board. With this segregation, it has affected student achievement, student success, teacher quality, school quality, funding and resources which leads to more effects. It’s a chain of reactions in education that are connected and can be traced back to school segregation.
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