Cultivating Achievement, Respect, and Empowerment (CARE) for African American Girls in PreK¿12 Settings

Implications for Access, Equity and Achievement(HC)

382 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

A volume in Contemporary Perspectives on Access, Equity, and AchievementThis book presents important scholarship on topics that impact the academic achievement of African American girls in K¿12 settings. The 20chapters discuss issues impacting the education of African American girls and many of challenges that they encounter during their schoolingexperiences. The chapters were written by 24 authors including a school superintendent, university administrator and professors, classroomteacher, mother and a 10th grade African American student.The 20 chapters of the book are organized into four sections. Section one introduces the book and provides critical perspectives. Section Twofocuses on Curriculum and instruction. Section Three shares information from significant stakeholders while the last section includes otherschooling experiences and ends with a powerful poem by a tenth grade African American girl, entitled "Proud." The forward of the book, written by aJapanese American scholar, Valerie Pang, denotes the urgency of the book noting that the book "warms the heart." The book ends with an epilogue,written by an African American scholar, Tyrone Howard, who has a vested interest in African American males. He shares commanding interest inthis scholarship, because what happens to African American females, impacts African American males and the entire African American community.

• Themen: Gesellschaft und Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik / Erziehungswissenschaften Bildungsstrategien und -politik
• ISBN: 9781681235073
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 13.12.2016
• Größe: 240 x 161 mm
• Verlag: Information Age Publishing
• Herausgegeben von: Patricia J. Larke, Gwendolyn Webb¿Hasan, Jemimah Young