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African American students face a number of unique challenges in their educational careers that often impact their success. Informed by the complexity of the Black educational experience in New York City, this groundbreaking book by Dr. Denise Hinds-Zaami is an in-depth study of the experiences and perspectives of NYC African American educational administrators on the education of African American students, as collected through unique one-on-one interviews.
The administrators discuss their thoughts and feelings about the educational environments where African American children can thrive and perform well, and share stories exploring how a wholistic approach to education is good for all children. Administrators from very different domains arrive at the same conclusion: for African American students, holding onto their culture and realizing who they are as a people (their identity) is what is needed for the future in the educational improvement of African American students and their academic successes.
About the author
Dr. Denise Hinds-Zaami grew up in the housing projects of Brooklyn, New York. Her educational background includes a BA in psychology from the City College of New York, an MS in social work from Columbia University, an MA in psychology from The University of Texas at Austin, and a Doctorate in Education Administration (Exec. Ed.D.) from Seton Hall University in New Jersey. She also attended the Instituto Joaquim Nabuco in Recife, Brazil. Much of her life's work has been as a psychologist, a counselor, a psychotherapist in private practice, a social work supervisor, a mental health coordinator and director, an advocate, and an educator teaching preschool through university levels in New York City and in other states as well. She has traveled worldwide, was twice elected president of the New York Association of Black Psychologists, and created/co-established The Moveable School, a supplemental educational program for African American children. This book is her fifth publication.
