Understanding and Reversing Underachievement, Low Achievement, and Achievement Gaps among High-Ability African American Males in Urban School Contexts

Autor/inn/en	Ford, Donna Y.; Moore, James L., III
Titel	Understanding and Reversing Underachievement, Low Achievement, and Achievement Gaps among High-Ability African American Males in Urban School Contexts
Quelle	In: Urban Review: Issues and Ideas in Public Education, 45 (2013) 4, S.399-415 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0042-0972
DOI	10.1007/s11256-013-0256-3
Schlagwörter	Achievement Gap; African American Students; Males; Urban Schools; Low Achievement; Social Justice; Civil Rights; Equal Education; Culturally Relevant Education; Academically Gifted; Underachievement; Intervention + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? African Americans; Student; Students; Afroamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Unterdurchschnittliche Leistung; Soziale Gerechtigkeit; Bürgerrechte; Grundrechte; Zivilrecht; Performance deficiency; Leistungsschwäche
Abstract	This article focuses on the achievement gap, with attention devoted to underachievement and low achievement among African American males in urban school contexts. More specifically, the article explains problems and issues facing or confronting these Black male students in urban education settings. A central part of this discussion is grounded in the achievement gap literature on Black students in general and implications for Black males in particular. Another fundamental aspect of this discussion is the need for urban educators to adopt a social justice or civil rights approach to their work, which means an equity-based and culturally responsive approach in philosophy and action. Suggestions for closing the achievement gap and otherwise improving the achievement of gifted, high-achieving, and high potential African American males are provided to urban education educators and families. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10