Unique Challenges in Urban Schools: The Involvement of African American Parents

Jackson, Eric/ Turner, Carolyn/ Battle, Dorothy E.

ISBN 10: 1610480090 / ISBN 13: 9781610480093

Published by Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc, 2015

About this Item

111 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.25 inches. In Stock.

Seller Inventory # x-1610480090

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Unique Challenges in Urban Schools: The Involvement of African American Parents
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1610480090
• ISBN 13: 9781610480093
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.2 kilograms

About this title

Synopsis

This study explores the various ways in which parental involvement can help to increase student academic success. More specifically, this analysis is based on the notions that parent involvement in inner city schools present unique challenges that are different from the traditional middle class perspective.

About the Author

Dr. Carolyn N. Turner is an Educational Consultant who has recently served as a college dean and doctoral admissions director, and who serves on several non-profit boards.

Dr. Eric R. Jackson is an Associate Professor History and Geography and Director of the Black World Studies program at Northern Kentucky University, has published in numerous journals in multiple fields, such as Educational Studies, Human Rights Quarterly, the International Journal on World Peace, Ohio Valley History, Multicultural Learning & Teaching: An Online Journal, the Journal of Pan African Studies, and the Indiana Magazine of History. He also has written books on the experience of African Americans in northern Kentucky and African American leaders in the Peace Movement. Currently he is working on an Introduction to Black Studies textbook.

Dr. Dorothy E. Battle is an Educational Consultant who works with non-profit organizations on developing and implementing strategies for community problem solvingand exploring ways to develop parent-community-school partnership.. She has been a college administrator, and a principal, assistant principal, and teacher in the Cincinnati Public Schools. Dr. Battle has received local and national awards for her work as an educational leader.