Explore the accomplishments of African American educators. ... Harvard University professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., creator of PBS’ successful show “African American Lives,” has a new idea that could take high school history and science curricula in an entirely new direction. ... Explore African-American History...
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Famous Blacks and Black History. ... Brief Summary - An African American operatic and concert singer that was renowned thoughtout the world for her extraordinary contralto voice. The first African American to sing at the Metropolitan Opera. The following web resource has related information:
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In addition, the lack of cultural sensitivity in assessment and testing has resulted in mislabeling and a disproportionate representation of African American children in special education.
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Five Delaware citizens--Edwina B. Kruse, Alice Dunbar-Nelson, Dr. W. C. Jason, Pauline A Young, and George A. Johnson--for a period of almost 100 years (1866 to 1959) directed and shepherded the education of African American youth in Delaware.
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Test scores exceed state averages at J.S. Chick elementary school, where African-American students view themselves as leaders. ... Here in Kansas City, Mo., a grass-roots effort among African-American educators and parents transformed Chick into an African-centered school in 1991.
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Fifty Years After Brown: The Benefits and Tradeoffs for African American Educators and Students from Journal of Negro Education, The provided by Find Articles at BNET ... While some scholars contend that African American students have received equal and greater educational opportunities as a result of Brown,
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Fifty Years After Brown: The Benefits and Tradeoffs for African American Educators and Students from Journal of Negro Education, The provided by Find Articles at BNET ... As noted above, the teaching profession in the United States has become increasingly White While the Hispanic student population is rapidly increasing,
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How African-American educators fought against their uses in the past has important implications for today's resistance to "high-stakes" testing.
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