An interview with Booker Peek / Kofi Lomotey -- The state of African-American education / Faustine C. Jones-Wilson -- Changing an urban school : problems of capacity and power / James R. Bliss and Margarida C. Carrasco -- Combatting deculturalization of the African-American child in the public school system : a multi-cultural approach / Felix Boateng -- Policy failure in urban schools : how teachers respond to increased accountability for students / Mwalimu J. Shujaa -- Helping Black children succeed : the significance of some social factors / Norris M. Haynes and James Comer -- Literacy and schooling in subordinate cultures : the case of Black Americans / John U. Ogbu -- Limitations of current academic achievement measures / Asa G. Hilliard, III -- Standardized test scores and the Black college environment / Jacqueline Fleming -- The Madison Elementary School : a turnaround case / Barbara A. Sizemore
Qualities shared by African-American principals in effective schools : a preliminary analysis / Kofi Lomotey -- African-American achievement : a research agenda emphasizing independent schools / Joan Davis Ratteray -- Visions for children : educating Black children in the context of their culture / Janice Hale-Benson
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