{"id":766,"date":"2015-02-13T12:18:23","date_gmt":"2015-02-13T12:18:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ddce.utexas.edu\/aamri\/?p=766"},"modified":"2015-02-13T12:18:23","modified_gmt":"2015-02-13T12:18:23","slug":"project-2000-an-educational-mentoring-and-academic-support-model-for-inner-city-african-american-boys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.edb.utexas.edu\/bmerc\/project-2000-an-educational-mentoring-and-academic-support-model-for-inner-city-african-american-boys\/","title":{"rendered":"PROJECT 2000: An educational mentoring and academic support model for inner-city African American boys"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Holland, S. H. (1996). PROJECT 2000: An educational mentoring and academic support model for inner-city African American boys.\u00a0<em>Journal of Negro Education<\/em>, 315-321.<\/p>\n<p>School failure appears to be a major risk factor and harbinger of the crime, violence, and other disasters that often characterize the experiences of African American boys in urban America. Starting with the\u00a0first grade\u00a0and continuing throughout secondary school, PROJECT 2000 is one approach aimed at addressing this problem. With the support of civic and corporate sponsors and volunteers, this community-based program provides Black boys with adult male role models who offer assistance with academic subjects, comradery, and guidance. This article outlines the scope and vision of\u00a0the program, and its impact on the education of\u00a0Black male\u00a0youth.<\/p>\n<p>Full article can be found here:<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/2967348?origin=crossref<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Holland, S. H. (1996). PROJECT 2000: An educational mentoring and academic support model for inner-city African American boys.\u00a0Journal of Negro Education, 315-321. School failure appears to be a major risk factor and harbinger of the crime, violence, and other disasters that often characterize the experiences of African American boys in&hellip;&nbsp;<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.edb.utexas.edu\/bmerc\/project-2000-an-educational-mentoring-and-academic-support-model-for-inner-city-african-american-boys\/\" 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":[47,41],"tags":[118,782,783,415,784,785],"class_list":{"0":"post-766","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-mentoringcounseling-mc","7":"category-urban-education-ue","8":"tag-118","9":"tag-crime","10":"tag-inner-city","11":"tag-role-models","12":"tag-s-h-holland","13":"tag-violence","14":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.edb.utexas.edu\/bmerc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/766","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=766"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.edb.utexas.edu\/bmerc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/766\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.edb.utexas.edu\/bmerc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.edb.utexas.edu\/bmerc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.edb.utexas.edu\/bmerc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}