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Operating beyond Myths: Designing a Science School for African American Boys in a Myth-Filled Teaching World
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Brown, Bryan A.; Mangram, Charmaine; Sun, Kathy Liu; Cross, Keith; Raab, Erin – Journal of Negro Education, 2018
Schools must rely on a sound theory to practice relationships in their design. This study documents one school's attempt to design a science school for African American boys. Through a mixed methods study of pre- and post-year interviews and surveys, this study documented how their views changed during year 1. The authors discovered three myths…
Descriptors: African American Students, Males, Single Sex Schools, Science Education
"We Didn't Let the Neighborhood Win": Black Male Students' Experiences in Negotiating and Navigating an Urban Neighborhood
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Brooms, Derrick R. – Journal of Negro Education, 2015
The current study relies on in-depth interviews with twenty Black males who graduated from Du Bois Academy (pseudonym), an urban, all-boys public charter secondary school and explores their educational perceptions and experiences. In particular, the author examines the interplay between students' in-school experiences and navigating a…
Descriptors: African American Students, Males, Single Sex Schools, Urban Areas
The Impact of Single-Sex Education on African American Reading Achievement: An Analysis of An Urban Middle School's Reform Effort
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Dwarte, Marquis – Journal of Negro Education, 2014
The academic underperformance of African American students continues to limit their academic, career, and life opportunities. Consequently, many urban school districts have implemented single-sex instructional programs in an effort to better address the schooling needs of African Americans. This study's purpose was to evaluate to what extent the…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Single Sex Schools, African American Students, Reading Achievement
Do Negro Boys Need Separate Schools? Evaluating Choice, Rhetoric and Practices
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Jones, Amber – Journal of Negro Education, 2014
Du Bois poses a poignant question in 1935 based on the logic that Black children need to be in schools where they are valued and inspired whether that environment is a separate school or an "integrated" school. This question of the effects of different educational spaces still begs to be answered in the changing landscape of secondary…
Descriptors: African American Students, Males, Single Sex Schools, Charter Schools
Mentoring Urban Black Middle School Male Students: Implications for Academic Achievement
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Gordon, Derrick M.; Iwamoto, Derek K.; Ward, Nadia; Potts, Randolph; Boyd, Elizabeth – Journal of Negro Education, 2009
Researchers have called for innovative and culturally responsive intervention programs to enhance male, Black middle school students' academic achievement. Mentoring has received considerable attention as a novel remedy. Although anecdotal evidence supports the positive role of mentoring on academic achievement, these results are not consistent.…
Descriptors: Mentors, Intervention, Grade Point Average, Underachievement
"Break It Down": One of the Cultural and Stylist Instructional Preferences of Black Males
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McDougal, Serie, III – Journal of Negro Education, 2009
Interviews with students at an all-Black, all-male school in a major northeastern city revealed that a significant proportion of the participating students had a strong preference for practical, demonstrative explanations of new concepts and information that are directly related to their everyday experiential realities. These findings suggest that…
Descriptors: Males, Interviews, Urban Schools, Relevance (Education)