What African American parents want educators to know /
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
Gail L. Thompson
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Westport, CT :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Praeger,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2003
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xx, 209 pages ;
Dimensions
24 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-205) and index
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Part 1: African American parents/guardians discuss their children and themselves: -- 1. How their children felt about school -- 2. Academic problems -- 3. Literacy issues -- 4. How African American parents/guardians assisted their children academically -- 5. Discipline, suspension, and expulsion -- -- Part 2: African American parents/guardians discuss the education system: -- 6. Beliefs about teachers -- 7. Course work and homework -- 8. Beliefs about administrators -- 9. Improving the public school system -- -- Part 3: African American parents/guardians discuss other issues: -- 10. Racism -- 11. School safety -- 12. Peer pressure and the lure of street life -- 13. College -- 14. Conclusion
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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A study of African American parents/guardians raising school-age children and their views on the value of education and the American public school system
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Title
What African American parents want educators to know.
Title
What African American parents want educators to know.