education narrative mobility

Dr. April L. Claytor received her Ph.D. in Education, concentrating in Urban Education, from Temple University, her M.F.A. in Film and Media from University of California, Los Angeles and her B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania. She currently coaches new district high school teachers on student-centered instruction with an equity lens. As an instruction and content leader, Dr. Claytor designs and delivers professional development, and has written interdisciplinary secondary curriculum units. As a scholar, Dr. Claytor has contributed to technical reports for Equity and Discipline, and Equity and STEM. She has also delivered the presentations Gaps in Intervention Systems in Disproportionate Schools, and Improving High School climate with Instruction at the Core. Her research interests include race and gender stratification, economic and educational mobility narratives, postsecondary trajectories and race and youth portrayal in film and media.