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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"African American boys"”.
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School Days: Perceptions and Experiences of African American Boys in Gender-Based Classrooms
<p>African American boys bring unique characteristics and experiences into American classrooms. Recognizing the inherent strengths and qualities of these characteristics has eluded educators for decades, leading to misguided special education referrals, increased discipline challenges and dropout …
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Unto Perfect Manhood: An Instrumental Case Study of Leadership Formation in an African American Boys High School
… education on leadership formation at an all boys, urban Catholic high school where a majority of the students come from disadvantaged backgrounds. The researcher has found an association between graduation from a single-sex school and leadership attainment. In order to understand what it is …
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School factors that contribute to the academic success of African American boys in an urban elementary school
… regarding the lack of academic progress of African American boys prompted Garibaldi (2007) to declare that the African American male continues to fall behind all racial groups, even his female counterpart, on educational performance measures or assessments and in graduation rates. Davis …
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Family Support Factors in African American Families That Promote Academic Achievement for Male Middle-School Students
… education literature is the underachievement of African American males at all levels of the education pipeline - from elementary and secondary schools through to postsecondary education. African American boys are falling behind and they are falling behind early. This research focuses on resources …
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Funneled Into Prison: Race And Behavior Modification At A Mississippi Alternative School
African American youth are 3.5 times more likely than their white counterparts to be expelled from traditional public schools and sent to an alternative school—an exclusionary disciplinary setting focused on behavior modification. Yet how administrators and faculty supervise students’ behavioral …
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Does a Positive Male Role Model Affect the Achievement of Adolescent African-American Males? A Case Study
<p>African-American males are at risk. A continuous cycle of low academic achievement, low academic attainment, and high incarceration rates threaten to end the lives of many of these young men one way or another. There are many challenges faced by African-American men that have caused economic …
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The relationship between teacher-based discrimination, academic adjustment, psychological well-being, and student-teacher relationship quality among African American adolescents
… racial and gender discrimination among young African American adolescents ((N=248; 50.8% female) and simultaneously examined associations between perceived racial and gender discrimination, academic adjustment, psychological well-being, and student-teacher relationship quality. Additionally, …
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Anthropometric measurements, sexual development and serum reproductive hormonal levels among boys in the rural Western Cape
… the effect of pesticides on growth of boys in the Western Cape rural area, in this cross-sectional study, we extend those initial observation into a more detailed exploration of t he growth pattern in anthropometric variables and hormonal indicators, and its relation to pubertal stage. …
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A qualitative study on african american males' perceptions of reading
<p>African American male students begin experiencing failure when they enter fourth grade. At this grade, the curriculum becomes more focused, students are expected to complete high-stakes standardized tests, teachers become more distant, and students are expected to become independent learners. …
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The first day of kindergarten: examining school readiness advantages and disadvantages across multiple developmental contexts
… social class, race, and gender, low-income and African American children’s readiness for school falls below the general population. Moreover, low-income, African American boys are particularly disadvantaged. “School readiness gaps” have been attributed to family life and parenting, home-school …
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Students vs. suspects: A qualitative examination of stereotype threat and the impact on behavior of Black males
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Superintendents' Beliefs and Identification of District Level Practices Contributing to the Academic Achievement of Black Males in the State of Georgia
The graduation rate for Black males in the state of Georgia during the 2003-04 school year as reported by the Schott Foundation was 39 percent. This was in stark contrast to a 54 percent graduation rate for non-Hispanic White males. Nationwide, more than 50 percent of Black males drop out of school …
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The Role of Teacher Expectation on Disproportionality of African American Males in Special Education in Middle Schools in Richmond County School System
… examined the problems of disproportionality of African American males in special education in middle schools in Richmond County, Georgia. Disproportionality occurs when the risk for being identified in a particular disability category is not proportional to the population being considered. The …
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An analysis of the obstacles that prevent the meaningful participation in the IEP process by parents/guardians of African American males in special education
… administrators. With the disproportionality of African American males placed in special education and the mandatory involvement requirement in the IEP process, administrators and schools would benefit by understanding the obstacles that prevent the meaningful participation of parents/guardians …