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Closing the education achievement gaps for African American males / edited by Theodore S. Ransaw and Richard Majors

Published
East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, 2016.
Copyright Date
©2016
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1 online resource
Additional Creators
Majors, Richard and Ransaw, Theodore S.
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Language Note
English.
Contents
Introduction; Male and Black Male Learning Styles by Theodore S. Ransaw; Black Males, Peer Pressure, and High Expectations by Theodore S. Ransaw and Robert L. Green; Understanding the Superintendent's Dropout Challenge: Challenges and Successes between Schools with Low vs. High Percentages of African American Young Men (of Promise) by Jonathan J. Doll; Smartphones: A Mobile Platform for Greater Learning, Equity, and Access by Kevin K. Green, Robert L. Green, and Theodore S. Ransaw; Using Response to Intervention Efffectively with African American Males by Sean Williams. and College and the African American Male Athlete by Stephen BrownUsing Mentorship to Transition Black Males to Prosperity by Charesha Barrett; Turning Negatives into Positives: Cool Ways to Implement Successful Expectation Violations in Black Male Classrooms by Theodore S. Ransaw, Richard Majors, and Mikel D.C. Moss; Appendix: Handouts; Contributors; Index.
Summary
Closing the Education Achievement Gaps for African American Males is a research-based tool to improve the schooling experience of African American males. Editors Theodore S. Ransaw and Richard Majors draw together a collection of writings that provide much-needed engagement with issues of gender and identity for black males, as well as those of culture, media, and technology, in the context of education. The distinguished and expert contributors whose work comprises this volume include an achievement-gap specialist for males of color, two psychologists, a math teacher, an electrical engineer, a former school principal, a social worker, and a former human rights commissioner. From black male learning styles to STEM, this book shows that issues pertaining to educational outcomes for black males are nuanced and complex but not unsolvable. With its combination of fresh new approaches to closing achievement gaps and up-to-date views on trends, this volume is an invaluable resource on vital contemporary social and educational issues that aims to improve learning, equity, and access for African American males.
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9781609174873 (electronic bk.)
1609174879 (electronic bk.)
9781611862010 (print ; alk. paper)
1611862019
9781628952629 (epub)
9781628962628 (kindle)
1628952628
9781628952629
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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