When Black Students Excel: How Schools Can Engage and Empower Black Students

This book draws from the successes of award-winning schools, teachers, students, and parents to help leaders understand how they can positively change the educational experience of Black students.

When Black Students Excel offers real-life examples of outstanding elementary, middle, and high schools where teachers and school leaders have rejected policies and practices built upon deficit perceptions about the capacity of Black students. Chapters highlight leadership implications and offer specific suggestions for educators who are seeking to transform their schools in ways that advance the success of Black students. This practical guide includes questions to ask students and their parents, self-assessment tools, and an array of leadership and teaching practices that are effective to empower Black students, elevate school attendance and academic engagement, and improve other important outcomes.

Unpacking important themes that influence the success of Black students, this book is a useful tool for educators who are seeking to understand how they can change programs, procedures, and practices in ways that engage and empower Black students.

Joseph F. Johnson, Jr. is Founding Executive Director of the National Center for Urban School Transformation, Dean Emeritus of the College of Education, and Professor Emeritus of Educational Leadership at San Diego State University, USA.

Cynthia L. Uline is former Director of the National Center for the 21st Century Schoolhouse and Professor Emeritus of Educational Leadership at San Diego State University, USA.

Stanley J. Munro, Jr. is Executive Coach and Superintendent in Residence with the National Center for Urban School Transformation (NCUST) at San Diego State University, USA.