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Watson-Vandiver, Marcia J.; Wiggan, Greg – Teachers College Press, 2021
Situating the African American learning experience within the stream of historic enslavement and hundreds of years of institutionalized racism, this timely book introduces antiracist foundations for teaching in the 21st century. The authors take a holistic approach that uses Afrocentricity to identify and address critical omissions and distortions…
Descriptors: African American Education, Afrocentrism, Holistic Approach, Racial Bias
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Wiggan, Greg; Watson-Vandiver, Marcia J. – Race, Ethnicity and Education, 2019
Despite decades of education reform, the US school curricula remain virtually unchanged. Multi-billion dollar initiatives such as "No Child Left Behind," "Common Core State Standards," "Race to the Top," and "Every Student Succeeds Act" have not resulted in significant academic gains or curricula change. The…
Descriptors: Student Empowerment, Student Attitudes, High Achievement, Multicultural Education
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Wiggan, Greg; Watson-Vandiver, Marcia J. – Education and Urban Society, 2019
Due to the recent racially motivated killings in Ferguson, Missouri (2014); Staten Island, New York (2014); Cleveland, Ohio (2014); Charleston, South Carolina (2015); Baton Rouge, Louisiana (2016); and Dallas, Texas (2016), racial and ethnic tensions have heightened across the United States. Whereas schools would seem like optimal spaces for…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Academic Achievement, High Achievement, Student Reaction
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Wiggan, Greg; Watson, Marcia J. – Urban Review: Issues and Ideas in Public Education, 2016
Current research on African American education is saturated with studies on school failure (Collins 2003; Glasser 1969; Irvine 1990; Kozol 2005; MacLeod 1995; Neckerman 2007; Walker and Sprague 1999), rather than investigations that address the processes that "mediate" failure and create success (Bell 2001; Chenoweth 2007, 2009;…
Descriptors: Ethical Instruction, African American Students, Educational Change, Multicultural Education