Description
For too long parents, educators, and administrators have allowed the sparks of learning in African American children to be covered by excuses, denials, and side-steps. To reverse these patterns of academic failure among urban Black youth, Janice Hale makes it clear we must first unbank the fire. -- V. P. Franklin, Drexel University
About the Author
Janice E. Hale is currently professor of early childhood education at Wayne State University. She is the author of Black Children: Their Roots, Culture, and Learning Styles and the founder of Visions for Children, a demonstration school designed to facilitate the intellectual devlopment of African American preschool children.
Reviews
"For too long parents, educators, and administrators have allowed the sparks of learning in African American children to be covered by excuses, denials, and side-steps. To reverse these patterns of academic failure among urban Black youth, Janice Hale makes it clear we must first unbank the fire."--'V. P. Franklin, Drexel University'
Book Information
ISBN 9780801848223
Author Janice E. Hale
Format Paperback
Page Count 264
Imprint Johns Hopkins University Press
Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press
Weight(grams) 369g