This book comprises papers on effectively educating black children. The foreword is by U.S. Representative Augustus F. Hawkins; the introduction is by Ernest L. Boyer, president of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Section I, "School Policy: Formation and Implementation," includes the following papers: (1) "Revisiting School-Community Responsibilities in the Administration of Education" (Francis A. J. Ianni); (2) "High Standards and Great Expectations: The Foundations for Student Achievement" (Bill Honig); (3) "Administrative and Organizational Arrangements and Considerations" (Eugene E. Eubanks and Daniel U. Levine); and (4) "Educating Black Children: An Equity-Based Model" (Charles D. Moody, Sr.). Section II, "Teaching and Learning in the Classroom," includes the following papers: "It Ain't No Consolation" (Alvin F. Poussaint); (2) "Teachers: Potent Forces in the Learning Lives of Black Children" (Charlotte Kendrick Brooks); and (3) "Cooperative Learning and the Education of Black Students" (Robert E. Slavin). Section III, "The Home-School Partnership," contains the following papers: (1) Parent Participation and the Achievement of Disadvantaged Students (Carol Ascher and Erwin Flaxman); (2) "Black Family Stress and School Achievement" (James P. Comer); (3) "Growing Up Literate: Learning from Inner-City Families" (Denny Taylor and Catherine Dorsey-Gaines); and (4) "Working with Families from Diverse Backgrounds" (Patricia A. Edwards). Section IV provides keynote presentations from the National Conferences on Educating Black Children by the following speakers: (1) Mary Hatwood Futrell; (2) Marion Wright Edelman; and (3) Alease Gant. A list of references is provided for each paper. An annotated bibliography on the education of the black child, prepared by the ERIC Clearinghouse on Urban Education, is included. (BJV)