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Call for Change ebook
Download the ebook ( with the new format and updated edits) from any of the following publishing sites:
Apple iTunes (iBooks)
- Barnes and Noble (Nook Books)
- Amazon.com (Kindle Books) (available soon)
- Adobe PDF - 146 pages
In October 2010, the Council of the Great City Schools released a major report on the academic status of African American males, A Call for Change: The Social and Educational Factors Contributing to the Outcomes of Black Males in Urban Schools. The report was the first phase of the Council's efforts to recommit the energies of the nation's urban public school systems to improving the quality of education for African American males nationwide.
The Council's commissioned a series of solution briefs from some of the nation's leading scholars and experts to help us think through an effective set of strategies to address the academic needs of African American males. This e-book is a compilation of those papers. The solutions outlined in each paper focus on both educational and noneducational strategies, such as expectations and self esteem, early-childhood programs, college and career readiness, gifted and talented education, mathematics instruction, English languuage arts instruction, partnerships and mentoring, successful learning communities, out-of-school-time learning, health and safety, and the school-to-prison pipeline.
The Council's commissioned a series of solution briefs from some of the nation's leading scholars and experts to help us think through an effective set of strategies to address the academic needs of African American males. This e-book is a compilation of those papers. The solutions outlined in each paper focus on both educational and noneducational strategies, such as expectations and self esteem, early-childhood programs, college and career readiness, gifted and talented education, mathematics instruction, English languuage arts instruction, partnerships and mentoring, successful learning communities, out-of-school-time learning, health and safety, and the school-to-prison pipeline.
