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Record Nr.

UNINA9910798297403321

Titolo

Closing the education achievement gaps for African American males / / edited by Theodore S. Ransaw and Richard Majors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

East Lansing, Michigan : , : Michigan State University Press, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-62895-262-8

1-60917-487-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (152 p.)

Collana

International Race and Education Series

Disciplina

371.207

Soggetti

Academic achievement - United States

African American young men - Education

African American boys - Education

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; Male and Black Male Learning Styles by Theodore S. Ransaw; Black Males, Peer Pressure, and High Expectations by Theodore S. Ransaw and Robert L. Green; Understanding the Superintendent's Dropout Challenge: Challenges and Successes between Schools with Low vs. High Percentages of African American Young Men (of Promise) by Jonathan J. Doll; Smartphones: A Mobile Platform for Greater Learning, Equity, and Access by Kevin K. Green, Robert L. Green, and Theodore S. Ransaw; Using Response to Intervention Efffectively with African American Males by Sean Williams

College and the African American Male Athlete by Stephen BrownUsing Mentorship to Transition Black Males to Prosperity by Charesha Barrett; Turning Negatives into Positives: Cool Ways to Implement Successful Expectation Violations in Black Male Classrooms by Theodore S. Ransaw, Richard Majors, and Mikel D. C. Moss; Appendix: Handouts; Contributors; Index