Educating African American Students - And How Are the Children? (Paperback, 2nd edition)

Focuses on preparing educators to teach African American students Features a careful balance of published scholarship, a framework for culturally relevant and critical pedagogy, research-based case studies of model teachers, and tested culturally relevant practical strategies and actionable steps teachers can adopt Shows that teachers who understand Black culture as an asset rather than a liability have positive impacts on the educational experiences of African American children. Provides culturally relevant teaching exemplars for African American students from different content areas and grade levels long with commentaries about related issues to consider New updates to second edition around anti-Black racism in schools, theoretical frameworks, new classroom examples, and a new focus on transforming systemic linguistic assessment policies.