Lynn, M., Bacon, M., Totten, T., Bridges, T., & Jennings, M. (2010). Examining Teachers’ Beliefs About African American Male Students in a Low-Performing High School in an African American School District. Teacher’s College Record, 112(1), 289 – 330. Background/Context: The study examines teachers’ and administrators’ perspectives on the persistent academic failure of… read more
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Racial Microaggressions: The Schooling Experiences of Black Middle-Class Males in Arizona’s Secondary Schools
Allen, Q. (2010). Racial Microaggressions: The Schooling Experiences of Black Middle-Class Males in Arizona’s Secondary Schools. The Journal of African American Males in Education, 1(2), 125-143. The literature on Black education has often neglected significant analysis of life in schools and the experience of racism among Black middle-class students in general and… read more
Special Issue: Meeting the Needs of Gifted and High-Achieving Black Males in Urban Schools
Henfield, M. S. (2013). Special Issue: Meeting the Needs of Gifted and High-Achieving Black Males in Urban Schools.The Urban Review, 45(4), 395-398. On average, no other group in the US is as entrapped by the vicious cycle leading to abysmal life outcomes (achievement gap, expectation gap, opportunity gap, and so… read more
How to Reach–and Teach–Black Males
Edmin, C. (2012). How to Reach–and Teach–Black Males. Educational Horizons,91(1), 22. Plenty of reports and research have documented the achievement gap between black males and other students. But few have acknowledged that current structures and practices have contributed to that gap. To address the low achievement of black males, schools… read more