{"id":258,"date":"2015-01-31T01:12:05","date_gmt":"2015-01-31T01:12:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ddce.utexas.edu\/aamri\/?p=258"},"modified":"2015-01-31T01:12:05","modified_gmt":"2015-01-31T01:12:05","slug":"gifted-black-males-in-an-urban-high-school-factors-that-influence-achievement-and-underachievement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.edb.utexas.edu\/bmerc\/gifted-black-males-in-an-urban-high-school-factors-that-influence-achievement-and-underachievement\/","title":{"rendered":"Gifted black males in an urban high school: factors that influence achievement and underachievement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>H\u00e9bert, T. P. (1998). Gifted black males in an urban high school: factors that influence achievement and underachievement.\u00a0<em>Journal For The Education Of The Gifted<\/em>,\u00a021(4), 385-414.<\/p>\n<p>Many gifted African American males educated in large, urban high schools do not achieve at a level commensurate with their ability. The case studies reported in this article describe the experiences of two gifted African American males in an urban high school. Through a qualitative approach, the stories of wallace, an achiever, and John, on underachiever, are told; and the factors that distinguished the school-life experiences of the two gifted Black young men are identified. The implications for fostering academic achievement in urban high schools are discussed, and 2 recommendations are offered for educators and parents to encourage success in the lives of gifted African American young men.<\/p>\n<p>Full article can be found here:\u00a0http:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1177\/016235329802100402<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>H\u00e9bert, T. P. (1998). Gifted black males in an urban high school: factors that influence achievement and underachievement.\u00a0Journal For The Education Of The Gifted,\u00a021(4), 385-414. Many gifted African American males educated in large, urban high schools do not achieve at a level commensurate with their ability. The case studies reported&hellip;&nbsp;<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.edb.utexas.edu\/bmerc\/gifted-black-males-in-an-urban-high-school-factors-that-influence-achievement-and-underachievement\/\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"underline\">read more<\/span>&nbsp;<i class=\"fa fa-angle-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":225,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,81,41],"tags":[284,154,79,280],"class_list":{"0":"post-258","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-achievement-ac","7":"category-gifted-education-ge","8":"category-urban-education-ue","9":"tag-284","10":"tag-high-school","11":"tag-success","12":"tag-t-p-herbert","13":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.edb.utexas.edu\/bmerc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.edb.utexas.edu\/bmerc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.edb.utexas.edu\/bmerc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.edb.utexas.edu\/bmerc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/225"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.edb.utexas.edu\/bmerc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=258"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.edb.utexas.edu\/bmerc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.edb.utexas.edu\/bmerc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.edb.utexas.edu\/bmerc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.edb.utexas.edu\/bmerc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}