African American Education
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- ISBN 9781576072691
- Publication Date: 04 May 2001
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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A unique reference work providing information and resources on the main issues concerning the education of African Americans over the past two decades.
From 1954 to the present, from preschool programs like Headstart to historically black colleges and universities, African American Education: A Reference Handbook explores the black educational experience. Statistical analysis and anecdotal evidence, along with interviews with leading black educators, help readers understand the African American perspective on such controversial issues as testing, curriculum choice, institutional approaches, affirmative action, and the effects of desegregation. Readers will also discover how the striking incompatibility between early informal education experiences and later formal education results in a dichotomy that sets African Americans apart from other groups.
- A detailed chronology charting benchmarks in African American education from 1619–2000
- Discussions of relevant constitutional amendments, laws, and court decisions
Cynthia Jackson is a faculty member at the Union Institute and University, Cincinnati, OH.
