Howard, L. (2012;2011;). The schooling of african-american male students: The role of male teachers and school administrators. International Journal of Inclusive Education,16(4), 373-17. Drawing on interview and informal observation data collected from eight adolescent African-American boys residing in an urban community and attending an urban charter school, this paper describes… read more
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Teacher Education and African American Males: Deconstructing Pathways From the Schoolhouse to the “Big House”
Townsend Walker, B. L. (2012). Teacher education and african american males: Deconstructing pathways from the schoolhouse to the “Big house”. Teacher Education and Special Education, 35(4), 320-332. In this study, the author focuses on the exclusionary school and societal practices that route American males from schools to juvenile detention and… read more
Male teacher shortage: black teachers’ perspectives
Rezai-Rashti, G., & Martino, W. (2010). Male teacher shortage: Black teachers’ perspectives. Gender and Education, 22(3), 247-262. In this paper the authors draw on the perspectives of black teachers to provide a more nuanced analysis of male teacher shortage. Interviews with two Caribbean teachers in Toronto, Canada, are employed to… read more
“Stakes Is High”: Culturally Relevant Practitioner Inquiry With African American Students Struggling to Pass Secondary Reading Exit Exams
Houchen, D. (2013). “Stakes is high”: Culturally relevant practitioner inquiry with african american students struggling to pass secondary reading exit exams. Urban Education, 48(1), 92-115. This article explores practitioner inquiry and culturally relevant pedagogy to create academic success with students facing high school exit examinations in Reading. In Florida, about… read more