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African American males in school and society : practices and policies for effective education / edited by Vernon C. Polite and James Earl Davis ; foreword by Edmund W. Gordon.

Other author/creatorPolite, Vernon C.
Other author/creatorDavis, James Earl, 1960-
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoNew York : Teachers College Press, ©1999.
Descriptionxiii, 241 pages ; 23 cm
Subject(s)
Contents Teaching Black males: lessons from the experts / Michele Foster and Tryphenia B. Peele -- The information rage: computers and young African American males / Bernard A. Carver -- The social construction of high-incidence disabilities: the effect on African American males / Beth Harry and Mary G. Anderson -- Identifying giftedness among African American males: recommendations for effective recruitment and retention / Donna Y. Ford, Tarek C. Grantham, and Deryl F. Bailey -- Who am I? The development of the African American male identity / Saladin K. Corbin and Robert L. Pruitt, II --Responsive teaching for African American male adolescents / Peter Murrell, Jr. -- Combating educational neglect in suburbia: African American males and mathematics / Vernon C. Polite -- An absence of a talented tenth / Joseph A. Hawkins -- Ebony men in the ivory tower: a policy perspective / M. Christopher Brown II -- What does gender have to do with the experiences of African American college men? / James Earl Davis.
Contents African American achievement and socioeconomic collapse: alternative theories and empirical evidence / Patrick L. Mason -- African American males and the struggle toward responsible fatherhood / Vivian Gadsden and Phillip J. Bowman -- A cup that runneth over: personal reflections on the Black male experience / Vernon C. Polite.
Local noteLittle-322424--305131027132S
Local noteLittle-322424--305131027132S
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 197-221) and index.
LCCN 99032817
ISBN0807738700 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9780807738702 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0807738719 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780807738719 (cloth : alk. paper)

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