Toldson, I. A. (2011). How Black Boys with Disabilities End up in Honors Classes while Others without Disabilities End up in Special Education. Journal of Negro Education, 80(4), 439-443. For the data presented in this report, the author analyzed 17,587 Black, Hispanic, and White male and female students (Black males;… read more
Special Education (SPE)
The Effects of School-Based Curricula on Reading Achievement of African American Males in Special Education
Anderson, K. A., & Sadler, C. I. (2009).The Effects of School-Based Curricula on Reading Achievement of African American Males in Special Education. The Journal of Negro Education,78(3), 33-346. Longitudinal research on reading curricula and skills that predict future reading achievement for African American males in special education is quite limited.… read more
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
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