Full Description
The circumstances affecting many African American males in schools and society remain complex and problematic. In spite of modest gains in school achievement and graduation rates, conditions that impede the progress of African American males persist: high rates of school violence and suspensions, overrepresentation in special education classes, poor access to higher education, high incidence of crime and incarceration, gender and masculine identity issues, and HIV/AIDS and other health crises.
The essays gathered here focus on these issues as they exist for males in grades K-12 and postsecondary education in Michigan. However, the authors intend their analyses and policy recommendations to apply to African American males nationally.
Although it recognizes the current difficulties of this population overall, this is an optimistic volume, with a goal of creating policies and norms that help African American males achieve their educational and social potential. In this era of widespread change for all members of American society-regardless of race-this book is a must-read for educators and policymakers alike.
Contents
Contents
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Part 1: K-12 Educational Challenges
The Underachievement of African American Males in K-12 Education
Overrepresentation of African American Males in Special Education: A Clarion Call for Action and Change
The State of Mathematics and Science Achievement among African American Males
Access to Technology in the Twenty-first Century: Implications of the Digital Divide for African American Males
All Dressed Up with No Place to Go: High School Graduation Reform and Michigan's African American Males
Part 2: Cultural, Psychosocial, and Sociopolitical Contexts of African American Male Well-being
The Call for Cultural Adjustments in Educating African American Males: Implications for School Counselors and Leaders
The State of Public School Violence: A Quandary
Uneasy Ties: Race, Gender Identity, and Urban Education Reform for African American Males
Coming Out of theHIV/AIDS Closet: The Disparate Impact of HIV/AIDS on African American Men
A Serious Dialogue: The Influence of Hip-Hop Culture on the Status of Young African American Males
Part 3: Access, Equity, and Postsecondary Education
Roots of the Black Male Challenge: A Call for Action in Michigan
African American Male Collegians and the Sword of Damocles: Understanding the Postsecondary Pendulum of Progress and Peril
Toward an Understanding of Misandric Microaggressions and Racial Battle Fatigue among African Americans in Historically White Institutions
It'll Be Me: Empowering African American Male Students
About the Contributors
