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What if everything you thought you knew about Black people generally, and educating Black children specifically, was based on BS (bad stats)? We often hear things like, "Black boys are a dying breed," "There are more Black men in prison than college," "Black children fail because single mothers raise them," and "Black students don't read." In No BS, Ivory A. Toldson uses data analysis, anecdotes, and powerful commentary to dispel common myths and challenge conventional beliefs about educating Black children. With provocative, engaging, and at times humorous prose, Toldson teaches educators, parents, advocates, and students how to avoid BS, raise expectations, and create an educational agenda for Black children that is based on good data, thoughtful analysis, and compassion. No BS helps people understand why Black people need people who believe in Black people enough not to believe every bad thing they hear about Black people.
Contents
Acknowledgements
Part 1: No BS (Bad Stats)
Chapter 1: No BS (Bad Stats)
Numbers Are People: The Achievement Gap as a Social Construct
A Duboisian Framework for Educational Equity
Discovering the Talented Tenth
Chapter 2: The Happy Bell Curve
Story of My Life
BS Funny Numbers
The Happy Bell Curve
Why Not Trust Objective Research on Black People?
Chapter 3: More Black Men in Prison Than College
Introduction
The Dubious Basis for the Line, "There Are More Black Men in Jail Than in College"
The Overrepresentation of Black Men in Prison Continues to Be a Problem
Starting a New Agenda to Increase College Persistence and Reduce Incarceration for Black Males
Conclusion, Context, Dissection and the Surge of White Women in Prison
Chapter 4: Black Students Don't Read
Introduction
Failing Black Students
Separating Tests from Test Takers
Learning How to Read
Making a Difference
Why Public Schools Are Confused - An Afterthought
Chapter 5: Black Students Are Dropping Out
Introduction
Related Findings
Chapter 6: Single Parents Can't Raise Black Children: What if the Single Parent Was White?
Introduction
Do Black Children from Two-Parent Homes Perform Better in School?
Single Parents and Incarceration - Response to a Message
Chapter 7: Smart Black Students Are Acting White
Introduction
What Black Students Think about Being Smart
What Black Students Think about College
What Black Students Need to Be Successful in School
Conclusion
Chapter 8: Black Male Teachers Are Missing
Introduction
Black Male Teachers - Separating Facts from Myths
Why Are Black Male Teachers Important?
When Teachers of Color Are Missing, Check Racism First
Chapter 9: Waiting for Super-Predator
Introduction
Law and Disorder in Schools for Black Children
Why We See Young Black and White Criminals Differently
When Schools Became Prisons
The Existential Crisis of School Resource Officers
Creating More Opportunities for Black Students
The Inner City - An Afterthought
Part 2: Why We Believe
Chapter 10: Why We Believe
Why We Believe - An Afterthought
Chapter 11: Believing in Black Parents
Introduction
What Schools Need from Black Parents?
What Do Black Parents Need from Schools?
Building Partnerships between Black Parents and Schools
Black Marriage - An Afterthought
Chapter 12: Believing Black Students Are College Bound
Introduction
Debunking the BS about Black College Students
Why We Believe Black Students Are College Bound
Chapter 13: Believing in Black History
Who Are Black Americans?
Dear Racism, I am Not My Grandparents
How to Teach about Slavery without Looking like a Jerk
When Black History Is a Current Affair
Chapter 14: Believing in Black Students with Disabilities
How Black Students with Disabilities End up in Honors Classes? 132
How Black Students without Disabilities End up in Special Education?
What Does This All Mean?
I Don't Get it ... - An Afterthought
Chapter 15: Believing in Fair Discipline for Black Students
Introduction
Discipline Data Civil Rights Data Collection
Analysis of Who Gets Suspended
Why Black Students Get Suspended More
How Can We Reduce Suspentions?
Chapter 16: Believing White Teachers Can Teach Black Students
Introduction
Education in Black and White
Who Makes up the U.S. Teaching Population?
So, What if Most Teachers Are White?
White Teachers Need to Become Better White People
Beyond Black and White
The Problem with School - An Afterthought
Chapter 17: Believing in Black Colleges
Introduction
Debunking the BS about Black Colleges
HBCUs and STEM
Linkage to Theory and Research
Believing in HBCUs
65 Years after Brown v. Board of Education: How Important Is Integration? - An Afterthought
Being an HBCU Scholar
Chapter 18: Believing in Black Students
About the Author
