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Going to school : the African-American experience / edited by Kofi Lomotey.

Lomotey, Kofi. (Added Author).
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Record details

  • ISBN: 0791403173
  • ISBN: 0791403181 (pbk.)
  • Physical Description: xiii, 242 p. ; 24 cm.
  • Publisher: Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press, c1990.

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-237) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: An interview with Booker Peek / Kofi Lomotey -- The state of African-American education / Faustine C. Jones-Wilson -- Changing an urban school : problems of capacity and power / James R. Bliss and Margarida C. Carrasco -- Combatting deculturalization of the African-American child in the public school system : a multi-cultural approach / Felix Boateng -- Policy failure in urban schools : how teachers respond to increased accountability for students / Mwalimu J. Shujaa -- Helping Black children succeed : the significance of some social factors / Norris M. Haynes and James Comer -- Literacy and schooling in subordinate cultures : the case of Black Americans / John U. Ogbu -- Limitations of current academic achievement measures / Asa G. Hilliard, III -- Standardized test scores and the Black college environment / Jacqueline Fleming -- The Madison Elementary School : a turnaround case / Barbara A. Sizemore --
Qualities shared by African-American principals in effective schools : a preliminary analysis / Kofi Lomotey -- African-American achievement : a research agenda emphasizing independent schools / Joan Davis Ratteray -- Visions for children : educating Black children in the context of their culture / Janice Hale-Benson.
Subject: Academic achievement > United States.
Achievement tests > United States.
African American students > Social conditions.
African Americans > Education.
School improvement programs > United States > Case studies.

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