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Duncan, Garrett Albert; Jackson, Ryonnel – Penn GSE Perspectives on Urban Education, 2004
The country must celebrate the unprecedented improvements the "Brown v. Board of Education" ruling has brought about in the education of black students. At the same time, it must also be acknowledged that "Brown" did not and could not completely resolve the struggle that has shaped questions of race and education in the U.S.…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, High Schools, Black Dialects, African American Students
Campbell, Elizabeth Dianne – 1994
In a practicum study, 21 students in a speech and debate class were encouraged to discuss openly the roles of Black English (BE) and Standard English (SE), use both freely in the classroom, and engage in speaking situations in the classroom and forensic tournaments to develop confidence and proficiency in their speaking abilities. The objective…
Descriptors: Bidialectalism, Black Dialects, Classroom Techniques, Code Switching (Language)
Blackburn, Mollie; Stern, Deborah – Working Papers in Educational Linguistics, 2000
A social literacies perspective is used to analyze a rap written by a high school student. The article begins with an examination of the student's uses of African American Vernacular English (AAVE) and standard English. The student writing sample and the researcher's analysis are subjected to review by two other African American teenagers, and…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Black Students, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques