Racial and Cultural Issues Related to Comprehensive School Reform: The Case of African American Males.

摘要: This paper explores the complexities of educational and social conditions encountered by black males, examining possibilities limits comprehensive high school reform strategies in overcoming negative effects barriers such as concentrated poverty ineffective public schools for adolescents. The discusses: disproportionate numbers male students placed at risk failure diminishing life chances; trends reform; principles-of role rescuing males; need teachers to educate students; teacher-student cultural congruence; interpersonal relations; importance appropriate staffing reform. notes simultaneously strengthening communities within which are located working schools. It explains that missing components lack attention uniqueness boys paucity teachers. recommends future research policy should involve incorporating recruitment into development initiatives, particularly critical transition points schooling. (Contains 50 references.) (SM) Reproductions supplied EDRS best can be made from original document. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Office Educational Research Improvement IIEDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) document has been reproduced received person or organization originating it. 11/1 0 Minor changes have 1-4 improve reproduction quality. Cr) CV Points view opinions stated this Lr) do not necessarily represent official OERI position policy. IT) W 1 PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE AND DISSEMINATE THIS MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY THE EDUCATIONAL Racial Cultural Issues Related Comprehensive School Reform: Case African American Males Will J. Jordan Johns Hopkins University 3003 N. Charles Street, Suite 200 Baltimore, MD 21218 (410) 516-8844 wiordan@csos.jhu.edu Robert Cooper Graduate Education & Information Studies California, Los Angeles Moore Hall, Box 951521 Angeles, CA 90095