An Educator's Guide to Working with African American Students: Strategies for Promoting Academic Achievement

by Chance W. Lewis

African American students are in a state of crisis in our nation's public schools. This highly anticipated 4th edition is a much needed guide for educators to assist African American students to reach their full potential in school by providing practical advice to increase academic performance.In this book, you will discover how to: Self-reflect to improve the educational climate for African American studentsConnect with your African American students in the academic settingCreate culturally relevant lesson plans to reach your studentsBuild Professional Development experiences that work for studentsImprove standardized test scoresStrategies for School Leaders to turnaround low-performing classroom

228 pages, Paperback

First published August 11, 2009

About the author

Chance W. Lewis, Ph.D. is the Carol Grotnes Belk Distinguished Full Professor of Urban Education in the College of Education at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Additionally, he is the Founding Executive Director of the UNC Charlotte Urban Education Collaborative which is dedicated to disseminating the next generation of research on the improvement of teaching and learning in urban schools. Dr. Lewis formerly served on the faculty at Texas A&M University and Colorado State University. 

Reviews

[Becky Safarik · Rating 2 out of 5]

I thought this book would give real-world, practical tools for working with underperforming students. However, it did not do anything of the sort.

I am well-aware of the struggles: behavior problems, attendance problems, homework problems, expectations problems, and on and on. But I am not looking for more awareness, I am looking for concrete tools to address these problems.

The book, disappointingly, did not deliver on this count.