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Direct linkGraves, Scott – Race, Ethnicity and Education, 2011
The purpose of this study was to examine correlates of being at expected grade level in reading in the third grade. Participants for this study were a nationally representative sample of African American children from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study (ECLS-K). Multilevel modeling was conducted to determine significant predictors of academic…
Descriptors: African American Students, Elementary School Students, Federal Legislation, African American Achievement
Katz, Susan J. – Journal of School Leadership, 2012
Much of the earlier research on women in leadership has told the stories of White women. Since there are very low numbers of superintendents of color both male and female nationwide, there have been very few stories reported of women leaders of color (Brunner & Grogan, 2007). This article describes the leadership issues involved when one Black…
Descriptors: Superintendents, Females, Career Development, African Americans
Xu, Jianzhong; Coats, Linda T.; Davidson, Mary L. – American Educational Research Journal, 2012
The authors of this article argue both the urgency and the promise of establishing a constructive conversation among different bodies of research, including science interest, sociocultural studies in science education, and culturally relevant teaching. With the instructional practices of eight exemplary African American elementary teachers serving…
Descriptors: African American Teachers, Science Activities, Student Interests, Science Interests
Hamilton, Tiffany Theresa – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This study documents the effects of an action research team, comprising parents, teachers, and school staff, from a predominately African-American elementary school, working together to design a program promoting high school completion for their young students. The study also examines the role that collaboration plays to bring together…
Descriptors: High Schools, Action Research, Focus Groups, Graduation
Lee, Cynthia Cozette – ProQuest LLC, 2009
There is a disproportional representation of African American students in special education in the United States. Minimal use of differentiated instruction is a common reason for overrepresentation of minority students in special education. I conducted an action research study with elementary school teachers involving differentiated instruction.…
Descriptors: African American Students, Leadership Styles, Elementary School Teachers, Minority Groups
Chargois, Timothy – ProQuest LLC, 2008
This quantitative study was designed to investigate if there was differences among the following groups: (1) school size, (2) class size, (3) ethnicity, (4) gender, and (5) a teacher's years of experience with respect to fifth grade TAKS math and reading scores when controlling for low socio-economic status for 1404 students at elementary campuses…
Descriptors: Class Size, African American Achievement, Academic Achievement, School Size
Moses-Snipes, Pamela R. – Negro Educational Review, The, 2005
The purpose of this study was to investigate to what extent studying topics in a cultural context affected African American students' achievement. Mathematics achievement was measured by a pre-assessment and post-assessment. The literature addresses the fact that all students can benefit from learning about culture and mathematics. Several…
Descriptors: African Culture, African American Students, African American Achievement, Mathematics Instruction
