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American Education is failing black males. Here’s how we fix it.
- Alex3917 15y agoOf all the reasons for the black-white achievement gap, access to computers is pretty much the least of the problems. Interesting ideas, but bad title.
- gjohnson 15y agoWould welcome your thoughts on what tops the list.
- Alex3917 15y agoParenting, tracking, and peer groups probably top the list. Check out a copy of Hart & Risley's book Meaningful Differences in the Everyday Experience of Young American Children to understand the effect of parenting. To understand the tracking and peer group, just pick up a book that summarizes all the most important research on education. Two good ones are Equality and Achievement by Riordan, and Visible Learning by John Hattie.
- greyfade 15y agoNo, here's how you fix it: Treat them as students in need of an education. Ignore all else. They are students. They need education. Everything else - income, place of birth, place of residence, race, sexual orientation, anything else - is completely and utterly irrelevant.