Annotated Bibliography
Annotated Bibliography
Learning First Alliance. (2003). Beyond islands of excellence: What districts can do to improve instruction and achievement in all schools. Retrieved July 28, 2008, from http://www.learningfirst.org/publications/districts/ 1. Problem: Closing the Achievement Gap for Black Boys
Hypothesis/Objectives: Is there achievement gap for Black boys under the age of 9 years?
Findings: Focusing attention on challenges, needs and opportunities facing young Black boys within the larger picture of black male achievement. Illuminating black male students, the connections between early cognitive and social/emotional development and later readiness for success in school. Having examining the role of a high-quality, Pre-K-3rd grade continuum of education in supporting black male achievement.
Jawanza Kunjufu, Tavis Smiley (2011) It 's Time to Take the Black Male Achievement Crisis Seriously 2. Problem: Experts say black boys have to learn to read well before third grade, the year schools generally stop teaching the nuts and bolts of literacy. If black boys mastered reading by first grade, then they literacy.
Hypothesis/Objectives: Black boys do not see themselves in assigned reading and too many history texts ignore the contributions of people of color," so they check out.
Findings: Tim King, CEO of Urban Prep, the all-black male charter school famous for sending 100 percent of its first class of graduates to college that he doesn’t "do race-based hiring," but black men want to work there because it has a reputation for being supportive. King said having so many black men on his staff is important because it allows students "to see different types of black men getting along," and serves as a counter to images of black men "in combat" on the streets and in the media.
Dr. Ron Ferguson., Harvard Graduate School of Education Institution, 2010 Harvard Closing the Achievement Gap 3. Problem: Schools need people who interact most
Learning First Alliance. (2003). Beyond islands of excellence: What districts can do to improve instruction and achievement in all schools. Retrieved July 28, 2008, from http://www.learningfirst.org/publications/districts/ 1. Problem: Closing the Achievement Gap for Black Boys
Hypothesis/Objectives: Is there achievement gap for Black boys under the age of 9 years?
Findings: Focusing attention on challenges, needs and opportunities facing young Black boys within the larger picture of black male achievement. Illuminating black male students, the connections between early cognitive and social/emotional development and later readiness for success in school. Having examining the role of a high-quality, Pre-K-3rd grade continuum of education in supporting black male achievement.
Jawanza Kunjufu, Tavis Smiley (2011) It 's Time to Take the Black Male Achievement Crisis Seriously 2. Problem: Experts say black boys have to learn to read well before third grade, the year schools generally stop teaching the nuts and bolts of literacy. If black boys mastered reading by first grade, then they literacy.
Hypothesis/Objectives: Black boys do not see themselves in assigned reading and too many history texts ignore the contributions of people of color," so they check out.
Findings: Tim King, CEO of Urban Prep, the all-black male charter school famous for sending 100 percent of its first class of graduates to college that he doesn’t "do race-based hiring," but black men want to work there because it has a reputation for being supportive. King said having so many black men on his staff is important because it allows students "to see different types of black men getting along," and serves as a counter to images of black men "in combat" on the streets and in the media.
Dr. Ron Ferguson., Harvard Graduate School of Education Institution, 2010 Harvard Closing the Achievement Gap 3. Problem: Schools need people who interact most
Bibliography: Learning First Alliance. (2003). Beyond islands of excellence: What districts can do to improve instruction and achievement in all schools. Retrieved July 28, 2008, from http://www.learningfirst.org/publications/districts/ 1 Jawanza Kunjufu, Tavis Smiley (2011) It 's Time to Take the Black Male Achievement Crisis Seriously 2 Dr. Ron Ferguson., Harvard Graduate School of Education Institution, 2010 Harvard Closing the Achievement Gap 3 Enyedy, N. & Mukhopadhyay, S. (2007). Minority males: Race/ethnicity, gender, and student outcomes The Journal of the Learning Sciences, 16(2), p139-174.