Educating African American Males

Voices From the Field
Olatokunbo S. Fashola - Johns Hopkins University and Optimal Solutions Group
Educating African American Males
March 2005 | 320 pages | Corwin
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Engage in exploratory discussion on African American male achievement.

Why do some students return to school year after year excited and engaged? Why do other students dread school, have negative feelings toward school, or feel unequipped by the challenge or demands of school? Educating African American Males offers multiple perspectives on this topic from top scholars in the field of urban education.

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. This exciting new resource brings this important discussion to the field and offers unique perspectives covering sociological, emotional, economic, pedagogical, and cognitive realms.

Educating African American Males makes bold strides in moving away from low test scores, high dropout and expulsion rates, and high disciplinary problems, and toward the constructive aim of achieving high-quality education for all students.

Contents

Dedication

Dedication

Introduction

Introduction

Foreword by Edmund W. Gordon

Foreword by Edmund W. Gordon

Preface

Preface

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments

About the Editor

About the Editor

About the Contributors

About the Contributors

1. Cultural Issues in Comprehensive School Reform, Robert Cooper, Will J. Jordan

1. Cultural Issues in Comprehensive School Reform, Robert Cooper, Will J. Jordan

2. Developing the Talents of African American Male Students During the Nonschool Hours, Olatokunbo S. Fashola

2. Developing the Talents of African American Male Students During the Nonschool Hours, Olatokunbo S. Fashola

3. The Trouble With Black Boys: The Role and Influence of Environmental and Cultural Factors on the Academic Performance of African American Males, Pedro A. Noguera

3. The Trouble With Black Boys: The Role and Influence of Environmental and Cultural Factors on the Academic Performance of African American Males, Pedro A. Noguera

4. Teachers' Perceptions and Expectations and the Black-White Test Score Gap, Ronald F. Ferguson

4. Teachers' Perceptions and Expectations and the Black-White Test Score Gap, Ronald F. Ferguson

5. Early Schooling and Academic Achievement of African American Males, James Earl Davis

5. Early Schooling and Academic Achievement of African American Males, James Earl Davis

6. What's Happening to the Boys? Early High School Experiences and School Outcomes Among African American Male Adolescents in Chicago, Melissa Roderick

6. What's Happening to the Boys? Early High School Experiences and School Outcomes Among African American Male Adolescents in Chicago, Melissa Roderick

7. Black Males' Structural Conditions, Achievement Patterns, Normative Needs, and "Opportunities," Dena Phillips Swanson, Michael Cunningham, Margaret Beale Spencer

7. Black Males' Structural Conditions, Achievement Patterns, Normative Needs, and "Opportunities," Dena Phillips Swanson, Michael Cunningham, Margaret Beale Spencer

8. Athletics, Academics, and African American Males, Jomills Henry Braddock II

8. Athletics, Academics, and African American Males, Jomills Henry Braddock II

9. Conclusion

9. Conclusion

Index

Index

Description

Engage in exploratory discussion on African American male achievement.

Why do some students return to school year after year excited and engaged? Why do other students dread school, have negative feelings toward school, or feel unequipped by the challenge or demands of school? Educating African American Males offers multiple perspectives on this topic from top scholars in the field of urban education.

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. This exciting new resource brings this important discussion to the field and offers unique perspectives covering sociological, emotional, economic, pedagogical, and cognitive realms.

Educating African American Males makes bold strides in moving away from low test scores, high dropout and expulsion rates, and high disciplinary problems, and toward the constructive aim of achieving high-quality education for all students.

Contents

Dedication

Dedication

Introduction

Introduction

Foreword by Edmund W. Gordon

Foreword by Edmund W. Gordon

Preface

Preface

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments

About the Editor

About the Editor

About the Contributors

About the Contributors

1. Cultural Issues in Comprehensive School Reform, Robert Cooper, Will J. Jordan

1. Cultural Issues in Comprehensive School Reform, Robert Cooper, Will J. Jordan

2. Developing the Talents of African American Male Students During the Nonschool Hours, Olatokunbo S. Fashola

2. Developing the Talents of African American Male Students During the Nonschool Hours, Olatokunbo S. Fashola

3. The Trouble With Black Boys: The Role and Influence of Environmental and Cultural Factors on the Academic Performance of African American Males, Pedro A. Noguera

3. The Trouble With Black Boys: The Role and Influence of Environmental and Cultural Factors on the Academic Performance of African American Males, Pedro A. Noguera

4. Teachers' Perceptions and Expectations and the Black-White Test Score Gap, Ronald F. Ferguson

4. Teachers' Perceptions and Expectations and the Black-White Test Score Gap, Ronald F. Ferguson

5. Early Schooling and Academic Achievement of African American Males, James Earl Davis

5. Early Schooling and Academic Achievement of African American Males, James Earl Davis

6. What's Happening to the Boys? Early High School Experiences and School Outcomes Among African American Male Adolescents in Chicago, Melissa Roderick

6. What's Happening to the Boys? Early High School Experiences and School Outcomes Among African American Male Adolescents in Chicago, Melissa Roderick

7. Black Males' Structural Conditions, Achievement Patterns, Normative Needs, and "Opportunities," Dena Phillips Swanson, Michael Cunningham, Margaret Beale Spencer

7. Black Males' Structural Conditions, Achievement Patterns, Normative Needs, and "Opportunities," Dena Phillips Swanson, Michael Cunningham, Margaret Beale Spencer

8. Athletics, Academics, and African American Males, Jomills Henry Braddock II

8. Athletics, Academics, and African American Males, Jomills Henry Braddock II

9. Conclusion

9. Conclusion

Index

Index

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Educating African American Males

Voices From the Field


March 2005 | 320 pages | Corwin

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Engage in exploratory discussion on African American male achievement.

Why do some students return to school year after year excited and engaged? Why do other students dread school, have negative feelings toward school, or feel unequipped by the challenge or demands of school? Educating African American Males offers multiple perspectives on this topic from top scholars in the field of urban education.

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. This exciting new resource brings this important discussion to the field and offers unique perspectives covering sociological, emotional, economic, pedagogical, and cognitive realms.

Educating African American Males makes bold strides in moving away from low test scores, high dropout and expulsion rates, and high disciplinary problems, and toward the constructive aim of achieving high-quality education for all students.

Table Of Contents:

  • Dedication
  • Introduction
  • Foreword by Edmund W. Gordon
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • About the Editor
  • About the Contributors
  • 1. Cultural Issues in Comprehensive School Reform, Robert Cooper, Will J. Jordan
  • 2. Developing the Talents of African American Male Students During the Nonschool Hours, Olatokunbo S. Fashola
  • 3. The Trouble With Black Boys: The Role and Influence of Environmental and Cultural Factors on the Academic Performance of African American Males, Pedro A. Noguera
  • 4. Teachers' Perceptions and Expectations and the Black-White Test Score Gap, Ronald F. Ferguson
  • 5. Early Schooling and Academic Achievement of African American Males, James Earl Davis
  • 6. What's Happening to the Boys? Early High School Experiences and School Outcomes Among African American Male Adolescents in Chicago, Melissa Roderick
  • 7. Black Males' Structural Conditions, Achievement Patterns, Normative Needs, and "Opportunities," Dena Phillips Swanson, Michael Cunningham, Margaret Beale Spencer
  • 8. Athletics, Academics, and African American Males, Jomills Henry Braddock II
  • 9. Conclusion
  • Index

Recent Product Reviews:

"The highly practical and rigorously informative research presented advocates holding high standards for African American males by using holistic approaches that recognize achievement via alternative means to the traditional, quantitatively derived measurements. Its multidisciplinary approach helps further the conversation for providing effective pipelines to close the achievement gap."
InterActions: UCLA Journal of Education and Information Studies, Vol. 4(1)
"Fashola's collection of these powerful research studies is both persuasive and well-documented. The studies and evidence provided by Noguero, Ferguson, Roderick, and others help promote the dialogue about why African American males are not succeeding academically and what schools can do about it."
Education Review, January 2007
"Offers a refreshing alternative to the mere recitation of the all-too-familiar bad news. Educating African American Males is grounded in reality. The authors do not promote a one-size-fits-all approach to problem solving. They offer sound, practical suggestions for educators."
Larry Leverett, Superintendent, Greenwich Public Schools, MA

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