Tate, W. F. (2008). The Political Economy of Teacher Quality in School Mathematics: African American Males, Opportunity Structures, Politics, and Method. American Behavioral Scientist, 51(7), 953-971. Mathematics education is linked to modern technological advancement, citizenship, and matters of political economy. Access to quality mathematics teachers can have a profound influence on African… read more
Risk and Protective Factors in Mathematically Talented Black Male Students Snapshots From Kindergarten Through Eighth Grade
McGee, E. O., & Pearman, F. A. (2014). Risk and Protective Factors in Mathematically Talented Black Male Students Snapshots From Kindergarten Through Eighth Grade. Urban Education, 49(4), 363 – 393. Within urban elementary schools are Black students who continue to challenge the normative deficit characterization of the educational opportunities of students… read more
African American Male Adolescents, Schooling (and Mathematics): Deficiency, Rejection, And Achievement
Stinson, D. W. (2006). African American Male Adolescents, Schooling (and Mathematics): Deficiency, Rejection, And Achievement. Review of Educational Research, 76(4), 477-506. The academic achievement gap, particularly the mathematics achievement gap, between Black students and their White counterparts has been well documented with numerical facts. As mathematics education researchers attempt to develop theories… read more
Negotiating the “White Male Math Myth”: African American Male Students and Success in School Mathematics
Stinson, D. W. (2013). Negotiating the “White Male Math Myth”: African American Male Students and Success in School Mathematics. Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 44(1), 69-99. This article shows how equity research in mathematics education can be decentered by reporting the “voices” of mathematically successful African American male students as they… read more