The Sage handbook of African American education / Linda C. Tillman, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Tillman, Linda C.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Education--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

African Americans.

African American teachers--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

African American teachers.

African Americans--Education.

Genre:

Handbooks and manuals.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 559 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

Other Title:

Handbook of African American education

Place of Publication:

Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, [2009]

Summary:

The Sage Handbook of African American Education is a unique, comprehensive collection of theoretical and empirical scholarship in six important areas: historical perspectives, teaching and learning, PK-12 school leadership, higher education, current issues, and education policy. The purpose of the Handbook is to articulate perspectives on issues affecting the participation and leadership of African Americans in PK-12 and postsecondary education. This volume also addresses historical and current issues affecting the education of African Americans and discusses current and future school reform efforts that directly affect this group.

Contents:

Section I The Education of Black Folk: Historical Perspectives

1 To Gain and to Lose: The Loving School and the African American Struggle for Education in Columbus, Ohio, 1831-1882 / Adah Ward Randolph 7

2 African American Educators and the Black Intellectual Tradition / Derrick P. Alridge 23

3 "They Rose or Fell Together": African American Educators and Community Leadership, 1795-1954 / V. P. Franklin 35

4 The History of Black Women Graduate Students, 1921-1948 / Linda M. Perkins 53

5 Caught Between a Rock and a Hard Place: The Dissolution of Black State Teachers Associations, 1954-1970 / Michael Fultz 67

Section II The Landscape of Teaching and Learning for African Americans in U.S. Schooling

6 Identity, Agency, and Culture: Black Achievement and Educational Attainment / Peter C. Murrell Jr. 89

7 Cultural Community Practices as Urban Classroom Resources / Yolanda J. Majors, Sana Ansari 107

8 Preparing Teachers of African American Students in Urban Schools / H. Richard Milner IV 123

9 African American Teachers' Caring Behaviors: The Difference Makes a Difference / Mari Ann Roberts, Jacqueline Jordan Irvine 141

10 After "It Takes a Village": Mapping the Terrain of Black Parental Involvement in the Post-Brown Era / Cheryl Fields-Smith 153

Section III African American Leaders in PK-12 Educational Leadership

11 African American Principals and the Legacy of Brown / Linda C. Tillman 171

12 Leadership Challenges in K-12 Urban Education: Prospective African American Administrators' Views on Educating African American Students and Closing the Achievement Gap / Robert Cooper, Will J. Jordan 205

13 The Confluence of Race, Gender, and Generation in the Lives of African American Women Principals / Tondra L. Loder-Jackson 223

14 Race, Law, and Leadership: Exploring the Interest-Convergence Dilemma / Mark A. Gooden 237

15 African American Superintendents in Public School Districts / Kay Lovelace Taylor, Linda C. Tillman 249

Section IV African Americans in Higher Education

16 Exclusions and Illusions: Rethinking the Mysterious UC Admissions Process that Disadvantages Deserving African American Students / Eddie Comeaux, Walter R. Allen 273

17 Hip Hop: A Source of Empowerment for African American Male College Students / Jon A. Yasin 283

18 Campuswide Climate: Implications for African American Students / William A. Smith 297

19 Historically Black Colleges and Universities: Catalysts to Liberation? / Kofi Lomotey, Sessi S. F. Aboh 311

20 The Power of Pathways: Strategies for the Preparation of African American Faculty / Lynette L. Danley, Roderic R. Land, Kofi Lomotey 319

Section V Current Issues: Theory and Research on the Participation of African Americans in U.S. Education

21 Critical Race Studies in Education and the "Endarkened" Wisdom of Carter G. Woodson / Marvin Lynn, Thurman L. Bridges III 339

22 Educating and Counseling African American Students: Recommendations for Teachers and School Counselors / James L. Moore III, Delila Owens 351

23 The Education of African American Children in Charter Schools: Four Case Studies / Carol E. Malloy, Richard Noble III 367

24 Disproportionality of African American Children in Special Education: Definition and Dimensions / Gwendolyn Cartledge, Charles Dukes 383

25 Toward Understanding African American Males and K-12 Education / James Earl Davis 399

Section VI African Americans Shaping Educational Policy

26 Creating Opportunities for Educational Success: Oral Histories of four African Americans Shaping Education Policy / Jennifer Beaumont 421

27 Realities and Responsibilities in the Education Village / Eric J. Cooper 435

28 Creating a New Model of Education for African American Children: Mobilizing Stakeholder Partners in Service to Sustained Academic Success / Sabrina Hope King, Nancy M. Cardwell 451

29 Beyond Segregation: The Continuing Struggle for Educational Equity 50 Years After Brown v. Board of Education / Sheilah D. Vance 465

30 Educating Black Youth for Economic Empowerment: Democratic Economic Participation and School Reform Practices and Policies / Jessica Gordon Nembhard 481

Epilogue: Black Education Post-Katrina: And All Us We Are Not Saved / Joyce Elaine King 499

Appendix Graduate School Programs to Prepare Future Faculty of Color / Lynette L. Danley, Roderic R. Land, Kofi Lomotey 511.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9781412937436

1412937434

OCLC:

191090257