Black boys
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Links
Black Information Link – Black Children Treated Unfairly
www.blink.org.uk/pdescription.asp?key=500&grp=7&cat=28
Results of a conference in 2002 aimed at addressing the underachievement of black children. The article has quotes from head teacher William Atkinson and Labour MP Diane Abbott.
Black Information Link – London Schools and the Black Child
www.blink.org.uk/subcat.asp?key=367&grp=7
The Blink website has an enormous amount of useful information on the education system in the UK and how it is failing young black kids.
Garth Crooks – London Schools and the Black Child 2004 Conference
www.cre.gov.uk/Default.aspx.LocID-0hgnew03v.RefLocID-
0hg00900c002.Lang-EN.htm
Black ex-professional footballer and father of two addresses the issues and airs his own concerns about the future of black children in this country.
Halfway to Better Results
www.tes.co.uk/search/story/?story_id=2072876
Fairfield, an inner-city school, has found new ways to encourage minority ethnic pupils.
How to Help Black Boys
http://education.guardian.co.uk/schools/story/0,5500,1432728,00.html
Very good piece that discusses recent comments made by Trevor Phillips and the issue of black boys underachieving in our education system.
Race in Education
http://education.guardian.co.uk/racism/0,10795,526282,00.html
Guardian Special Report with a range of articles looking at the issue of race in education and prejudices experienced by black teachers.
Running Faster into the Same Brick Wall
http://education.guardian.co.uk/raceinschools/story/
0,15832,1495587,00.html
Trevor Phillips, Chair of the Commission for Racial Equality, talks about the fact that African-Caribbean boys are still failing at school and how it is time to look at new ideas, even if they are uncomfortable.
Books
Educating Our Black Children: New directions and radical approaches edited by Richard Majors and Jo Jolliffe (Routledge Falmer, 2001)
Takes a long, hard look at the US and UK education policies and uncovers what they can learn from each other in their approaches to tackling the problem of exclusion and underachievement in black children.
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An Exclusive Education: Race, class and exclusion in British schools by Chris Searle (Lawrence and Wishart, 2001)
Well-researched analysis from a well-known educational campaigner of the policies that are causing unacceptable levels of exclusion in British primary and secondary schools – particularly of black children. The author provides a wealth of statistical information, together with many case studies of wrongly excluded children.
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Keeping Black Boys Out of Special Education by Jawanza Kunjufu (African American Images, 2005)
Written by a black American, who offers strategies to help teachers and parents keep black boys in the mainstream classroom. These include revising teacher expectations, increasing parental involvement, changing teaching styles from a left-brain abstract approach to a right-brain hands-on approach, redoing the curriculum, understanding the impact of mass media, and fostering healthy eating habits.
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