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If you’ve ever been uncertain about what to do about the chronic achievement gap between black males and other student populations, then here’s a book that will forever change your approach to these students and equip you with a whole new plan for motivating black males to achieve in school and in life. Award-winning educator and author Baruti K. Kafele draws from his 20 years of experience in teaching black males and turning around troubled urban schools to explain

• Why the challenges of educating black male students are different from educating other student populations.
• What all black male students need in their classroom experiences.
• How to assess your own attitudes and abilities to educate black males.
• Which major problems outside of school could change the way you teach black males.
• How to address the root causes of black male self-identity.
• Why and how to develop a young men’s empowerment program.

Understand why lack of proficiency in reading, writing, and math among black males is a symptom of deeper problems that are generally ignored. And discover solutions that you can put into your daily practice right away to improve the performance of black male students.

Grades:

K-12

Author(s):

Baruti K. Kafele

Publisher:

ASCD

Year:

2009

Pages:

111 pp

Media/Binding:

Softcover

iSBN:

9781416608578