African American Education: A Reference Handbook

From 1954 to the present, from preschool programs like Headstart to historically black colleges and universities, African American Education: A Reference Handbook explores the black educational experience. Statistical analysis and anecdotal evidence, along with interviews with leading black educators, help readers understand the African American perspective on such controversial issues as testing, curriculum choice, institutional approaches, affirmative action, and the effects of desegregation. Readers will also discover how the striking incompatibility between early informal education experiences and later formal education results in a dichotomy that sets African Americans apart from other groups.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Author: Jackson, Cynthia L.
Published: 05/04/2001
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
ISBN: 9781576072691
Pages: 294
Weight: 1.17lbs
Size: 9.26h x 6.30w x 0.90d