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Learning While Black: Creating Educational Excellence for African American Children

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Janice Hale writes about her experiences being a single mother and an educator by profession who was trying to ensure that her son was not only treated fairly, but taught in such a way as to ensure his success since she wasn't able to spare the time to do it herself. Although a lot of what she writes about is ethnically-specific (i.e. dealing with her son's teachers pre-concieved ideas about Black youth), there's one part that is applicable to children of any ethnicity: Parents who have the time or the resources to tutor their children had kids who were better students.

This is a must read for any parent and educator. The book puts into perspective some of the critical issues facing parents and policy makers.

I enjoyed this book on inner-city education immensely, despite disagreement with the author on certain solutions (for example, making the church a purely utilitarian instrument of educational change).

Hale gives a realistic and tough assessment of African-American education and does offer several realistic solutions to educational problems in the inner-city.

The book, although academically-challenging, is written in a conversational tone and is easy to comprehend.

I am the parent of an African-American male entering kindergarten this fall, and this book is an excellent tool to help me deal with the school system. Thank you, Dr. Hale!

Thank you Dr. Hale for an excellent text on an issue of critical importance! This is a great text for teachers, administrators and parents.