AAMA
African American Male Achievement Initiative
African American male students
African American manhood development program
African centered education
black male teachers
black manhood
black student achievement
black student outcomes
black youth and Oakland
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civil rights and education
communities of color
community programs and black youth
district-based leadership for black youth
educational life of black adolescents
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Khepera Curriculum
opportunity gap
racialized tracking in education
social and school-based challenges for black youth
zero tolerance policies
Product details
- ISBN 9780807761076
- Weight: 240g
- Dimensions: 154 x 226mm
- Publication Date: 28 Dec 2018
- Publisher: Teachers' College Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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This book chronicles the development and implementation of the African American Male Achievement Initiative in Oakland Unified School District that created an environment with high expectations for the engagement and achievement of Black boys. The text features reflection chapters by leading experts on Black male achievement, including Tyrone Howard and Pedro Noguera.
Na’ilah Suad Nasir is the president of the Spencer Foundation and a faculty member (on leave) at the University of California, Berkeley. Jarvis R. Givens is an assistant professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and the Suzanne Young Murray Assistant Professor at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. Christopher P. Chatmon serves as deputy chief of equity for the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) and was named as a "Leader to Learn From" by Education Week magazine.
