Lifting Black Voices: Black Minds Matter

Recommendations from a national study of teachers with a proven record of success in teaching boys and young men of color.

This guidebook provides foundations of success, tips for building relationships, promising teaching practices, & notes for instructional leaders.

This book uniquely examines the trajectory of Black males through the educational pipeline from pre-school through college.

Examines chronic underperformance of African American men in U.S. schools & calls for a paradigm shift in how we think about, teach, & study Black males.

A comprehensive portrait of Black male students in the U.S. education system with progressive recommendations for education policy, research, & practice.

The editors hope to stimulate thoughts/discussions among diverse audiences who are concerned about Black students' school performances & provide evidence-based strategies to expand our nation's pool of Black teachers.

Illustrates how victories in establishing Black Studies ultimately produced important intellectual innovations that have had a lasting impact on academic research and university curricula over the past 40 years.

Experiences of 2 academically gifted African American men who successfully navigate their way through different rigorous college-level programs.