Brooms, D. R. (2018;2016;). ‘Building us up’: Supporting black male college students in a black male initiative program. Critical Sociology, 44(1), 141-155. Efforts to enhance the academic performances and educational experiences of Black males in college has exploded in the past 15 years, including institutional, state, system-level, and national programs,… Continue Reading ‘Building Us Up’: Supporting Black Male College Students in a Black Male Initiative Program
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SABOTAGING SUCCESS: EXAMINING ACADEMIC DIS-IDENTIFICATION AMONG AFRICAN AMERICAN MALE ADOLESCENTS
Webb, P. (2016). sabotaging success: Examining academic dis-identification among african american male adolescents. Race, Gender & Class, 23(1/2), 172. Academic underachievement among African American male adolescents is regarded as a national dilemma (Lewis, Simon, Uzzell, Horwitz, & Casserly, 2010). Explanations related to such may stem from the attitudes of adolescents… Continue Reading SABOTAGING SUCCESS: EXAMINING ACADEMIC DIS-IDENTIFICATION AMONG AFRICAN AMERICAN MALE ADOLESCENTS
Examining Organizational Practices That Predict Persistence among High-Achieving Black Males in High School
Anderson, K. A. (2016). Examining organizational practices that predict persistence among high-achieving black males in high school. Teachers College Record, 118(6), 1. Background/Context: This article summarizes an increasing trend of antideficit Black male research in mathematics and highlights opportunities to add to the research. A review of the literature shows… Continue Reading Examining Organizational Practices That Predict Persistence among High-Achieving Black Males in High School