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Harris, Johari; Kruger, Ann C.; Scott, Edward – Urban Education, 2022
Social-emotional learning (SEL) is important for academic and social success, yet responsive SEL for Black youth remains underexamined. The current study analyzed focus groups to investigate how Black boys (N = 10) in an urban middle school think about emotion and its regulation. Results revealed that participants negotiate tension between emotion…
Descriptors: Social Emotional Learning, African American Students, Males, Sex Stereotypes
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Brooms, Derrick R. – Urban Education, 2019
This qualitative study investigated the schooling experiences of 20 young Black men who graduated from Douglass Academy, an all-boys public charter secondary school in a large urban city. Specifically, I explore how these students construct meaning from their school experiences and their efforts for academic success. The students articulated two…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, African American Students, Males, Charter Schools
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McGee, Ebony O.; Pearman, F. Alvin, II – Urban Education, 2014
Within urban elementary schools are Black students who continue to challenge the normative deficit characterization of the educational opportunities of students like them. This study attempts to provide a more holistic picture of the scholarly trajectories of 13 African American males who are particularly talented in mathematics and who attended…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, At Risk Students, Resilience (Psychology), Mathematics Achievement