Series Preface | |
Foreword | |
About the Contributors | |
Introduction: Literacy and African-American Youth: Legacies and Struggles | p. 1 |
Literacy and Education in the African-American Experience | p. 19 |
Can Reading Failure Be Reversed: A Linguistic Approach to the Question | p. 39 |
Commentary: Educating Low-Income Black Children | p. 69 |
Commentary: Educating Black Youth: A Perspective from Practice | p. 75 |
Literacy and Black Americans: Comparative Perspectives | p. 83 |
Families, Communities, and Schools as Contexts for Literacy and Learning | p. 101 |
Literacy for Empowerment: The Case of Black Males | p. 125 |
Tracking and School Achievement: Implications for Literacy Development | p. 153 |
Teacher Knowledge and Student Learning: Implications for Literacy Development | p. 177 |
Silencing and Literacy | p. 201 |
Using African-American Literature in the Classroom | p. 229 |
Connecting African-American Parents and Youth to the School's Reading Curriculum: Its Meaning for School and Community Literacy | p. 261 |
Curriculum Reform and Testing | p. 281 |
Literacy and Cultural Differences: An Afterword | p. 299 |
Author Index | p. 303 |
Subject Index | p. 313 |
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Literacy Among African-American Youth
by Gadsden, Vivian L.; Wagner, Daniel A.-
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