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Direct linkMilton-Williams, Toni; Bryan, Nathaniel – Urban Education, 2021
Black male teachers tend to enact culturally relevant pedagogical practices that support the academic achievement, cultural competence, and critical consciousness of Black male students. Using critical race theory, culturally relevant pedagogy, and life history methodology, we explore the life history and work of a Black male middle school teacher…
Descriptors: African American Teachers, Middle School Teachers, Males, Cultural Influences
Ou, Suh-Ruu; Reynolds, Arthur J. – Urban Education, 2013
The present study investigated the relationships between the timing of women's first childbirth and their postsecondary education using an inner-city minority cohort. The study sample (695 females) was drawn from the Chicago Longitudinal Study (CLS), an ongoing investigation of a panel of low-income minority children (94% African American) born in…
Descriptors: Females, Postsecondary Education, College Attendance, Minority Groups
Holland, Nicole E. – Urban Education, 2011
This investigation demonstrates the effect that peers have on students' academic engagement and educational aspirations. Forty-nine African American university students retrospectively discuss the manner by which their friends influenced their academic commitment and activity while in high school; their postsecondary education aspirations,…
Descriptors: African American Students, Peer Relationship, Context Effect, Academic Aspiration
Peer reviewedNoguera, Pedro A. – Urban Education, 2003
Explores the influence of environmental and cultural factors on the academic achievement of black male students, examining ways in which these factors shape the relationship between identity, particularly related to race and gender, and school performance. Offers diffuse and direct strategies for countering harmful environmental and cultural…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Cultural Influences, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedByrne, D. S.; And Others – Urban Education, 1973
Uses cluster analysis techniques to show that egalitarian policies in secondary education coupled with high financial inputs have measurable payoffs in higher attainment rates, based on Max Weber's notion of power'' within a community. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cultural Influences, Educational Opportunities, Educational Resources
Peer reviewedSanders, Mavis G. – Urban Education, 1998
Effects of school, family, and community support on academic attitudes and achievement were examined in 827 eighth-grade black students in an urban school district in the southeastern U.S. Students' church involvement and perceptions of teacher and parental support positively influence academic self-concepts and school behaviors. (MMU)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Black Family, Black Students
Peer reviewedAbrams, Laura S.; Gibbs, Jewelle Taylor – Urban Education, 2000
Examined the first year of cooperative planning between an elementary school and the local community for a full-service elementary school collaboration. Data from observations, surveys, and interviews provide feedback on perceptions of student achievement, barriers, parent participation, leadership and power, the planning process, and goals and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Community Involvement, Cooperative Planning
