For the most part, these types of researchers don't publish in venues their claimed beneficiaries can't read:
* It sets up horrible power dynamics in advocacy (parents with journal subscriptions can't advocate for their kids or engage in civic discourse)
* It prevents kids from less affluent populations from having even the possibility of engaging with real research
* It prevents a crucial check-and-balance of public review by the people written about.
There is a long British line of research ABOUT other cultures, without treating those cultures as partners or equals, and most education research follows these lines.
The author of this paper is white, has a Western last name, and studied in American schools. He writes a lot about minorities, but without them involved in the process. Education is a place where, objectively, representation is important.
