No BS (Bad Stats)

Black People Need People Who Believe in Black People Enough Not to Believe Every Bad Thing They Hear about Black People

Paperback Engels 2019 9789004397026
€ 38,50
Levertijd ongeveer 5 werkdagen
Gratis verzonden

Samenvatting

A Brill | Sense Bestseller!

What if everything you thought you knew about Black people generally, and educating Black children specifically, was based on BS (bad stats)? We often hear things like, “Black boys are a dying breed,” “There are more Black men in prison than college,” “Black children fail because single mothers raise them,” and “Black students don’t read.” In No BS, Ivory A. Toldson uses data analysis, anecdotes, and powerful commentary to dispel common myths and challenge conventional beliefs about educating Black children. With provocative, engaging, and at times humorous prose, Toldson teaches educators, parents, advocates, and students how to avoid BS, raise expectations, and create an educational agenda for Black children that is based on good data, thoughtful analysis, and compassion. No BS helps people understand why Black people need people who believe in Black people enough not to believe every bad thing they hear about Black people.

Specificaties

ISBN13:9789004397026
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:Paperback
Aantal pagina's:180
Uitgever:Brill

Lezersrecensies

Wees de eerste die een lezersrecensie schrijft!

Inhoudsopgave

Acknowledgements

Part 1: No BS (Bad Stats)

Chapter 1: No BS (Bad Stats)

 Numbers Are People: The Achievement Gap as a Social Construct

 A Duboisian Framework for Educational Equity

 Discovering the Talented Tenth

Chapter 2: The Happy Bell Curve

 Story of My Life

 BS Funny Numbers

 The Happy Bell Curve

 Why Not Trust Objective Research on Black People?

Chapter 3: More Black Men in Prison Than College

 Introduction

 The Dubious Basis for the Line, “There Are More Black Men in Jail Than in College”

 The Overrepresentation of Black Men in Prison Continues to Be a Problem

 Starting a New Agenda to Increase College Persistence and Reduce Incarceration for Black Males

 Conclusion, Context, Dissection and the Surge of White Women in Prison

Chapter 4: Black Students Don’t Read

 Introduction

 Failing Black Students

 Separating Tests from Test Takers

 Learning How to Read

 Making a Difference

 Why Public Schools Are Confused – An Afterthought

Chapter 5: Black Students Are Dropping Out

 Introduction

 Related Findings

Chapter 6: Single Parents Can’t Raise Black Children: What if the Single Parent Was White?

 Introduction

 Do Black Children from Two-Parent Homes Perform Better in School?

 Single Parents and Incarceration – Response to a Message

Chapter 7: Smart Black Students Are Acting White

 Introduction

 What Black Students Think about Being Smart

 What Black Students Think about College

 What Black Students Need to Be Successful in School

 Conclusion

Chapter 8: Black Male Teachers Are Missing

 Introduction

 Black Male Teachers – Separating Facts from Myths

 Why Are Black Male Teachers Important?

 When Teachers of Color Are Missing, Check Racism First

Chapter 9: Waiting for Super-Predator

 Introduction

 Law and Disorder in Schools for Black Children

 Why We See Young Black and White Criminals Differently

 When Schools Became Prisons

 The Existential Crisis of School Resource Officers

 Creating More Opportunities for Black Students

 The Inner City – An Afterthought

Part 2: Why We Believe

Chapter 10: Why We Believe

 Why We Believe – An Afterthought

Chapter 11: Believing in Black Parents

 Introduction

 What Schools Need from Black Parents?

 What Do Black Parents Need from Schools?

 Building Partnerships between Black Parents and Schools

 Black Marriage – An Afterthought

Chapter 12: Believing Black Students Are College Bound

 Introduction

 Debunking the BS about Black College Students

 Why We Believe Black Students Are College Bound

Chapter 13: Believing in Black History

 Who Are Black Americans?

 Dear Racism, I am Not My Grandparents

 How to Teach about Slavery without Looking like a Jerk

 When Black History Is a Current Affair

Chapter 14: Believing in Black Students with Disabilities

 How Black Students with Disabilities End up in Honors Classes? 132
 How Black Students without Disabilities End up in Special Education?

 What Does This All Mean?

 I Don’t Get it … – An Afterthought

Chapter 15: Believing in Fair Discipline for Black Students

 Introduction

 Discipline Data Civil Rights Data Collection

 Analysis of Who Gets Suspended

 Why Black Students Get Suspended More

 How Can We Reduce Suspentions?

Chapter 16: Believing White Teachers Can Teach Black Students

 Introduction

 Education in Black and White

 Who Makes up the U.S. Teaching Population?

 So, What if Most Teachers Are White?

 White Teachers Need to Become Better White People

 Beyond Black and White

 The Problem with School – An Afterthought

Chapter 17: Believing in Black Colleges

 Introduction

 Debunking the BS about Black Colleges

 HBCUs and STEM

 Linkage to Theory and Research

 Believing in HBCUs

 65 Years after Brown v. Board of Education: How Important Is Integration? – An Afterthought

 Being an HBCU Scholar

Chapter 18: Believing in Black Students

About the Author

Managementboek Top 100

€ 38,50
Levertijd ongeveer 5 werkdagen
Gratis verzonden

Rubrieken

    Personen

      Trefwoorden

        Artikelen

          No BS (Bad Stats)