Empowering African-American Males: A Guide to Increasing Black Male Achievement

Newly revised and updated. Provides national achievement data and outlines a clear, cohesive set of strategies dealing with such issues as: Black male culture; peer pressures which devalue academic achievement; media images which promote non-Standard English usage and a thuggish image; developing grading methodology and instructional practices which meet student needs; building relationships between home and school that is driven by a shared mission; and why the college-bound message is one that Black males must begin hearing in elementary school.