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Title Going to school : the African-American experience / edited by Kofi Lomotey.

Publication Info. Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press, [1990]
©1990

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  370.8996 G615G    Check Shelf
Description xiii, 242 pages ; 24 cm.
Series SUNY series, frontiers in education
SUNY series, frontiers in education.
Contents An interview with Booker Peek / Kofi Lomotey -- The state of African-American education / Faustine C. Jones-Wilson -- Changing an urban school : problems of capacity and power / James R. Bliss and Margarida C. Carrasco -- Combatting deculturalization of the African-American child in the public school system : a multi-cultural approach / Felix Boateng -- Policy failure in urban schools : how teachers respond to increased accountability for students / Mwalimu J. Shujaa -- Helping Black children succeed : the significance of some social factors / Norris M. Haynes and James Comer -- Literacy and schooling in subordinate cultures : the case of Black Americans / John U. Ogbu -- Limitations of current academic achievement measures / Asa G. Hilliard, III -- Standardized test scores and the Black college environment / Jacqueline Fleming -- The Madison Elementary School : a turnaround case / Barbara A. Sizemore.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-237) and index.
Subject African Americans -- Education.
African American students -- Social conditions.
Academic achievement -- United States.
Achievement tests -- United States.
School improvement programs -- United States -- Case studies.
Added Author Lomotey, Kofi.
ISBN 0791403173
0791403181 paperback
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