This straightforward and reader-friendly text provides strategies for P-12 educators who are interested in ensuring the cultural and academic excellence of African American students. It presents a careful balance of published scholarship, a framework for culturally relevant teaching, and research-based cases of teachers who excel at teaching Black children. Examples from multi-ethnic teachers across P-12 grades and content areas (e.g., ELA, science, mathematics, social studies, arts) are presented so that others can extrapolate in their respective educational settings. This book explains Black culture, anti-Black racism, African Diaspora Literacy, African American Language, and pro-Black and actionable steps that educators can adopt and implement. Examples of culturally relevant family and community involvement are provided. As with the previous edition, readers will appreciate a multitude of resources. After reading this book, educators will view educating African American students as exhilarating and rewarding and Black students will flourish.
Focused on preparing educators to teach African American students, this text features a balance of published scholarship, a framework for culturally relevant and critical pedagogy, research-based case studies of model teachers, and tested ...
This book is comprised of fifteen in-depth, research-based essays in which noted educators discuss the history, politics, challenges and progress of the education of African Americans.
The essays in this book are about the different cultural and societal influences that impact black children and the variety of ways black children respond to those influences"--Preface.
This two-volume reference work will be an invaluable resource not only for educators and students but for all readers who seek an understanding of African American education both historically and in the 21st century.
New York: Phelps-Stokes Fund, 1927. Macy, Jesse. Our Government: How It Grew, What It Does, and How It Does It. Boston: Ginn, 1886. ... Meltzer, Milton, ed. In Their Own Words: A History of the American Negro. 3 vols.
This volume presents the findings and recommendations of the American Educational Research Association's (AERA) Commission on Research in Black Education (CORIBE) and offers new directions for research and practice.
Contributions in this book represent the proceedings from a conference co-sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education and Howard University and devoted to African American male achievement.
A 1996 National Opinion Research Center report: Cross, Theodore L., Slater, Robert B., & Hoffman, Adonis E. “Vital Signs: Statistics ... Youth indicators: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement.
"In this book, I am calling for the school to improve traditional instructional practices and create culturally salient instruction that connects African American children to academic achievement.
This book will enable readers to better understand many of the complex and multifaceted dilemmas faced by today's urban school systems and will motivate readers to make a commitment to improve urban schools for the betterment of African ...