African-centered schooling in theory and practice
By: edited by Diane S. Pollard, Cheryl S. Ajirotutu ; foreword by Edgar Epps.
Contributors: Pollard, Diane.; Ajirotutu, Cheryl.
Publisher: Bergin & Garvey
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 223
Subjects: African American Immersion Schools Evaluation Project; African Americans -- Education -- Evaluation -- Longitudinal studies; Public schools -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee -- Longitudinal studies; Afrocentrism -- United States -- Longitudinal studies
Genres: Longitudinal studies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Pt. 1. Implementing African-centered schools in a public context.  Historical, social, and cultural contexts of the African American immersion schools ; A portrait of the African American immersion elementary school ; A portrait of the African American immersion middle school ; Transformations ; Surface to deep transformations ; Lessons learned; title: Pt. 2. Issues in African-centered schooling.  Talent development, cultural deep structure, and school reform: implications for African immersion initiatives / A. Wade Boykin ; "Island by island we must go across": challenges from language and culture among African Americans / Shirley Brice Heath ; Culturally relevant pedagogy in African-centered schools: possibilities for progressive educational reform / Gloria Ladson-Billings ; Afrocentric education: critical questions for further considerations / Jacqueling Jordan Irvine.