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Achievement (AC)

January 26, 2015

Gifted Black Males: Understanding And Decreasing Barriers To Achievement And Identity

Whiting, G. (2009). Gifted Black Males: Understanding And Decreasing Barriers To Achievement And Identity. Roeper Review,31(4), 224-233. Black males as a group experience disproportionate amounts of school failure. Compared to Black females and White males, for example, Black males have the highest dropout rates, poorest achievement, and lowest test scores. Further,… read more 

January 25, 2015

Pedagogical and Contextual Issues Affecting African American Males in School and Society

Pedagogical and Contextual Issues Affecting African American Males in School and Society. (1994). Journal of Negro Education, 63, 505-648. Examines low rate of Black males in college, their disproportionate placement in special education programs, comparison of academic achievement among Black males at predominantly White and historically Black colleges, and other issues; 10… read more 

January 23, 2015

Calling out the elephant: An examination of African American male achievement in community colleges

Bush, E. C., & Bush, L. (2010). Calling out the elephant: An examination of African American male achievement in community colleges. Journal of African American Males in Education, 1(1), 40-62. This mixed method study examines the effects of community college institutional factors on the academic achievement of African American males and their… read more 

January 23, 2015

Rethinking The Attitude-Achievement Paradox Among Blacks

Downey, D. B., J. W. Ainsworth, and Z. Qian. “Rethinking The Attitude-Achievement Paradox Among Blacks.”Sociology of Education 82.1 (2009): 1-19. Blacks offer positive responses to a wide range of survey questions gauging attitudes toward schooling, yet perform less well in school than do whites. The credibility of blacks’ attitudes is a… read more 

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  • Home
  • About
  • BLACK MALE RESEARCH
    • Research Briefs
    • Black Male Education Research Collection
      • Achievement (AC)
      • Familial Influences (FI)
      • Higher Education (HE)
      • Masculinity Studies (MS)
      • Occupation/Education (OE)
      • Race and Education (RE)
      • Sports/Athletics (SA)
      • Teaching (T)
      • Urban Education (UE)
    • Prominent Authors