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Teaching Reading to Black Adolescent Males
Closing the Achievement Gap
For those who truly wish to leave no child behind, the racial achievement gap in literacy is one of the most difficult issues in education today, and nowhere does it manifest itself more perniciously than in the case of black adolescent males.
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For those who truly wish to leave no child behind, the racial achievement gap in literacy is one of the most difficult issues in education today, and nowhere does it manifest itself more perniciously than in the case of black adolescent males.
Approaching the problem from the inside, Alfred Tatum brings together his various experiences as a black male student, middle school teacher working with struggling black male readers, reading specialist in an urban elementary school, and staff d...read more
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Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. Literacy Development in Black Adolescent Males
- 2. Turmoil and the Promise of Reading
- 3. Black Males and the Reading Achievement Gap
- 4. Reconceptualizing the Role of Literacy Instruction
- 5. Structuring Curriculum Orientations That Empower Students
- 6. A Culturally Responsive Approach to Literacy Teaching
- 7. Using a Comprehensive Framework
- 8. Discussing Texts
- 9. Strengthening the Assessment Profile
- 10. Establishing a Professional Development Community
- 11. Conducting Teacher Inquiries
- Appendix: Two Assessment Forms
- References