Full Description
This book draws from the successes of award-winning schools, teachers, students, and parents to help leaders understand how they can positively change the educational experience of Black students.
When Black Students Excel offers real-life examples of outstanding elementary, middle, and high schools where teachers and school leaders have rejected policies and practices built upon deficit perceptions about the capacity of Black students. Chapters highlight leadership implications and offer specific suggestions for educators who are seeking to transform their schools in ways that advance the success of Black students. This practical guide includes questions to ask students and their parents, self-assessment tools, and an array of leadership and teaching practices that are effective to empower Black students, elevate school attendance and academic engagement, and improve other important outcomes.
Unpacking important themes that influence the success of Black students, this book is a useful tool for educators who are seeking to understand how they can change programs, procedures, and practices in ways that engage and empower Black students.
Contents
Part 1: Case Studies of Schools Where Black Students Excel 1. Patrick Henry Preparatory School (P.S./I.S. 171): New York City Department of Education, District 4 East Harlem, New York City, New York 2. Maplewood Richmond Heights High School: Maplewood Richmond Heights School District, St. Louis, Missouri 3. Wynnebrook Elementary School: School District of Palm Beach County, West Palm Beach, Florida 4. O'Farrell Charter High School, San Diego, California 5. Concourse Village Elementary School (P.S. 359): New York City Department of Education, District 7 Bronx, New York City, New York 6. Paul Laurence Dunbar, Young Men's Leadership Academy: Fort Worth Independent School District, Fort Worth, Texas Part 2: How Schools Can Engage and Empower Black Students 7. Ensuring Black Students Benefit from Effective Leaders Committed to Their Success 8. Ensuring Black Students Belong, Feel Loved, and Experience Joy 9. Ensuring Black Students Experience Pathways to Success Afterword
