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“An important and powerful book” that radically reframes the debates swirling around the academic achievement of African-American students ( “The solutions offered by each essay are creative, inspirational, and good old common sense." -- In 3 separate but allied essays, African-American scholars Theresa Perry, Claude Steele, and Asa Hilliard examine the alleged ‘achievement gap’ between Black and white students. Each author addresses how the unique social and cultural position Black students occupy--in a society which often devalues and stereotypes African-American identity--fundamentally shapes students’ experience of school and sets up unique obstacles. In the first piece, Theresa Perry argues that the dilemmas African-American students face are rooted in the experience of race and ethnicity in America, making the task of achievement distinctive and difficult. Claude Steele follows up with stunningly clear empirical psychological evidence that when Black students believe they are being judged as members of a stereotyped group--rather than as individuals--they do worse on tests. Finally, Asa Hilliard argues against a variety of false theories and misguided views of African-American achievement, sharing examples of real schools, programs, and teachers around the country that allow African-American students to achieve at high levels. Now more than ever,
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Theresa Perry is Professor of Africana Studies and Education at Simmons College. She is co-author of Young, Gifted and Black, and co-editor of The Real Ebonics Debate, among other books. She is faculty director of the Simmons College/Beacon Press Race, Education and Democracy Lecture and Book Series.
Claude M. Steele is a Professor of Psychology at Stanford University. He is best known for his work on stereotype threat and its application to minority student academic performance. He has served as the I. James Quillen Dean for the School of Education at Stanford University, the Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost at UC Berkeley, and the 21st Provost of Columbia University.
Asa Hilliard, III (1933-2007) was the Fuller E. Callaway Professor of Urban Education at Georgia State University. In addition to being a founding member of the Association for the Study of Classical African Civilizations, he served as an expert witness in federal cases on test validity and consulted to schools in Liberia, West Africa.
