African American students in urban schools
Subtitle: critical issues and solutions for achievement
By: James L. Moore III, Chance W. Lewis
Contributors: Lewis, Chance W. (Chance Wayne), 1972-
Series: Educational psychology: critical pedagogical perspectives; vol. 4
Publisher: P. Lang; Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers; Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, Peter
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9781433106873; 9781433106866; 9781453908129
Subjects: Urban Education; Education; African Americans
Description: "African American Students in Urban Schools offers readers a critical yet comprehensive examination of the issues affecting African American students' outcomes in urban school systems and beyond. Across disciplines including teacher education, higher education, and more, chapters use theoretical and conceptual analysis and research-based evidence to examine the unique challenges facing urban African American students and illustrate what can be done to help. This book will enable readers to better understand many of the complex and multifaceted dilemmas faced by today's urban school systems and will motivate readers to make a commitment to improve urban schools for the betterment of African American students."--Page 4 of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.