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Schooling for resilience : improving the life trajectory of Black and Latino boys / Edward Fergus, Pedro Noguera, and Margary Martin.

Van Pelt Library LC1390 .F47 2014
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Fergus, Edward, 1974- author.
Noguera, Pedro, author.
Martin, Margary, author.
Series:
Youth Development and Education series
Youth development and education series
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
African American boys--Education.
African American boys.
Hispanic American boys--Education.
Hispanic American boys.
Single-sex schools--United States--Case studies.
Single-sex schools.
United States.
Genre:
Case studies.
Physical Description:
285 pages ; 23 cm.
Place of Publication:
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard Education Press, [2014]
Summary:
As a group, Black and Latino boys face persistent and devastating disparities in achievement compared to their White counterparts. Put simply they are among the most vulnerable populations in our schools. Schooling for Resilience investigates how seven schools created specifically to serve boys of colour, set out to address the broad array of academic and social problems faced by Black and Latino boys. In particular the authors explore how choices about school structure and culture shape students' development and achievement. In doing so, they identity educational strategies that all schools can learn from. This thoughtful, passionately argued volume promises to influence efforts to improve the achievement and life outcomes of Black and Latino boys for years to come. Book jacket.
Contents:
Chapter 1 Single-Sex Schools: An Intervention in Search of a Theory 1
Chapter 2 Assumptions and Strategies: A Model for "Saving" Boys of Color 23
Chapter 3 Curriculum and Instruction: Striving for Rigor and Relevance 55
Chapter 4 Building Community: A Climate That Supports Resilience 95
Chapter 5 Reconstructing Social Identities: Race, Ethnicity, and Gender 137
Chapter 6 Resilience and Achievement: Attitudes and Practices That influence Performance 165
Chapter 7 Creating Protective School Environments: A Framework for Reform 195.
Notes:
Includes bibliographic references and index.
ISBN:
1612506747
1612506755
9781612506753
9781612506746
OCLC:
869346212
Publisher Number:
99958485842

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