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Almeida, C. A., C.O. Johnson, and A. Steinberg. 2006. Making Good on a Promise: What Policymakers Can do to Support the Educational Persistence of Dropouts. Boston: Jobs for the Future.
> Complete report, executive summary, Press Conference Opening Statement [Free registration required]


Amato, P. R. 2005. "The Impact of Family Formation Change on the Cognitive, Social, and Emotional Well-Being of the Next Generation,"Future of Children 15, no. 2:75-96.15, no. 2:75-96.
> Available online in HTMl & PDF


Anderson, M. G., and G. C. Webb-Johnson. 1995. "Cultural Contexts, the Seriously Emotionally Disturbed Classification and African American Learners." In Effective Education of African American Exceptional Learners , edited by B. A. Ford, F. E. Obiakor, and J. M. Patton, pp. 153-188. Austin, TX: Pro-Ed.


Barber, N. 2000. Why Parents Matter: Parental Investment and Child Outcomes. Westport, CT: Bergin & Garvey.
> Chapters available online


Boston Youth Transitions Task Force. 2006. Too Big to Be Seen: The Invisible Dropout Crisis in Boston and America. Boston: Boston Private Industry Council.
> Description, PDF, additional related documents.


Boykin, A.W. 2002. "Talent Development,Cultural Deep Structure, and School Reform: Implications for African American Initiatives." In Improving Schools for African American Students: A Reader for Educational Leaders, edited by S. J. Denbo and L. Beaulieu, pp. 81-94. Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas.


Boykin, A.W. 1983. "The Academic Performance of Afro-American Children." In Achievement and Achievement Motives, edited by J. Spence, pp. 324-371. San Francisco: W. H. Freeman.


Carnegie Corporation of New York. 1994. Starting Points: Meeting the Needs of Our Youngest Children. New York: Carnegie Corporation.
> Available online


Delpit, L. 1996. Other People's Children: Cultural Conflict in the Classroom. New York: New Press.
> Description, how to order


Education Week. 2004. "Quality Counts 2004: Count Me In; Special Education in an Era of Standards." Special report, Education Week (January 8).
> Executive summary, feature stories, special education data


Gay, G. 2000. Culturally Responsive Teaching: Theory, Research, and Practice. New York: Teachers College Press.
> Description, how to order


Greene, Jay. 2001. High School Graduation Rates in the United States. New York: Manhattan Institute for Policy Research.
> Executive summary and full report


Harris, J. J., E. L. Brown,D. Y. Ford, and J.W. Richardson. 2004. "African Americans and Multicultural Education: A Proposed Remedy for Disproportionate Special Education Placement and Underinclusion in Gifted Education," Education and Urban Society 36, no. 3:304-341.
> Abstract, full text PDF, references


Harry, B., and J. K. Klingner. 2005. Why Are So Many Minority Students in Special Education? Understanding Race and Disability in Schools. New York: Teachers College Press.
> Description, how to order


Ladson-Billings, G. 1994. The Dreamkeepers: Successful Teachers of African-American Children. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
> Description, how to order


National Assessment of Educational Progress. 2005. The Nation's Report Card: Reading 2005. NCES 2006-451. U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. Washington, DC: U.S. GPO.
> Available online


Nobles, W. A. 1980. "African Philosophy: Foundations for Black Psychology." In Toward a Black Psychology, edited by R. Jones, pp. 23-35. New York: Harper & Row.


Perry, T., C. Steele, and A. Hilliard. 2003. Young, Gifted, and Black: Promoting High Achievement among African-American Students . Boston, MA: Beacon Press.
> Description, first chapter PDF, how to order


Skiba, R. J., L. Poloni-Staudinger, A. B. Simmons, R. Feggins-Azziz, and C. Chung. 2005. "Unproven Links: Can Poverty Explain Ethnic Disproportionality in Special Education?" Journal of Special Education 39, no. 3:130-144.


Swanson, C. B. 2004. Who Graduates? Who Doesn't? A Statistical Portrait of Public High School Graduation, Class of 2001. Washington, DC: Urban Institute.
> Executive summary, full text PDF


Tough, P. 2004. "The Harlem Project," New York Times Sunday Magazine (June 20).


Townsend, B. L. 2000. "The Disproportionate Discipline of African American Learners: Reducing School Suspensions and Expulsions," Exceptional Children 66, no. 3:381-391.


U.S. Department of Education. 2006. National Assessment of Title I: Interim Report. National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Institute of Education Sciences. Washington, DC: GPO.


Vacca, R. T., and J. L. Vacca. 2005. Content Area Reading, 8th edition. New York: Harper Collins College Publishers.


Villegas, A. M., and T. Lucas. 2002. "Preparing Culturally Responsive Teachers," Journal of Teacher Education 53, no. 1:20-32.
> Abstract, full text PDF


Watson, D. C. 2001. Deconstructing the "N" Word: Preservice Teachers' Reflections in a Secondary Literacy Course, Hamline Review 25:51-63.


Watson, D. C. 2000. "Cycles of Assistance: Supporting the Literacy Practices of Urban Teachers," Association of Independent Liberal Arts Colleges for Teacher Education Views and News 12, no. 4:10-14.


Webb-Johnson, G. C. 2003. "Behaving While Black: A Hazardous Reality for African American Learners," Beyond Behavior 12, no. 2:3-7.
> PDF available


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