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African-American Education in Mississippi, 2005.
Describes the history of library and educational services to African-Americans in Mississippi.
4,500 words (approx. 18.0 pages), 25 sources, APA, £ 110.95
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This paper examines the historical denial of free education and library access to African-Americans. Jim Crow laws and the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and their relevance to this lack of access is also discussed.
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"The tradition of American public libraries and indeed of the American public education system is tied closely to the perception that individuals, regardless of their social backgrounds, may freely access information in those institutions in the interest of self-improvement, social awareness and entertainment. Public education and public libraries were born of a democratic impulse that resonates with the fundamental principles of the American democratic republic. However, while the right to education and library services has long been established, this right has..."
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African-American Literature, 2008.
A discussion of the literature of black American writers in the 20th and 21st century.
1,484 words (approx. 5.9 pages), 7 sources, MLA, £ 34.95
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This paper examines the literature of various black American writers and poets. The paper explains that numerous black writers found new ways to express the feelings of their people and created a rich canon of thought and expression leading up to the Civil Rights Movement. The paper looks at how some of these writings show an underlying demand for change. The paper also points out that many of the early literary figures, like W.E.B. DuBois, wrote against slavery. In addition, the paper looks at how, in the latter part of the 20th century black, nationalism was influenced by Darwinian science and by Victorian conceptions of virtue. The paper cites "Coming of Age in Mississippi" by Anne Moody, as an example of the nature of the threat to black Americans.
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"DuBois also celebrates aspects of black culture, from the songs of the slaves to and the music they and their descendants make to their religious belief and the special religious observance they developed in the black church in America. He sees the black community then standing at the dawn of freedom, a freedom not yet fully achieved but set out as a potential for all.
"The nature of the threat to black Americans is evident in Coming of Age in Mississippi by Anne Moody. She becomes very aware of why as she grows to adulthood and sees more and more racism all around her."
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African-Americans and Education, 2007.
This paper discusses the progress, struggles and aspirations of African-Americans in education.
1,466 words (approx. 5.9 pages), 10 sources, MLA, £ 33.95
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The paper relates the history of education for African-Americans and explores problems relating to education legislation. The paper looks at present education issues and concerns for African-American students and examines statistics relating to their drop-out rates. The paper concludes that there has been progress, to a degree, in educational attainment of the aspirations of African-American students, although there are still barriers.
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Introduction
History of Education for African Americans
Noted Problems Relating to Education Legislation
Present Education Issues and Concerns for African-American Students
Statistics Relating to Drop-out Rates of African-Americans
Summary and Conclusion
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"The work of Allen and Jewell (2002) states that: "...the Black struggle for higher education is an apt metaphor for the larger Black struggles for citizenship, self-determination and personhood in this society." The historical account of the African American race in obtaining access to higher education in the United States is characterized by many ups and downs. The aspirations of the African American individual of attaining higher education have been historically unattained due to existing barriers to higher education of Black individuals."
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African American Education, 2005.
This paper examines current and past issues regarding African American education.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 10 sources, £ 30.95
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This paper addresses the problems African Americans had in the past and continue to have in the present. The writer discusses the specific difficulties of African Americans then and looks at whether this continues to hold true for African Americans today. The writer examines the specific issues of minorities today. Further, the writer points out that when it comes to the education of African Americans and other minorities, the struggle has been long and difficult, ranging from the early years of slavery and segregation and continuing with the present issues of diversity, standardized tests, and educational funding.
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""Does segregation of children in public schools solely on the basis of race, even though the physical facilities and other 'tangible' factors may be equal, deprive the children of the minority group of equal education opportunities? We believe it does". This question was asked before the Supreme Court in the Brown et al vs. Board of Education in the 1950s. While many people believe that Brown vs. Board of Education was the first school segregation case, this simply is not true."
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African-American Education, 2004.
This paper discusses the importance of education to the contemporary African-American community.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 6 sources, APA, £ 43.95
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This paper states the progress the contemporary African-American community has experienced over the past fifty years is related to the importance of education. The author stresses that education continues to be extremely important to African-Americans because it promotes access to opportunities and removes barriers to success.
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"The educational status and progress of African-Americans has significantly evolved since the start of the twentieth century. However, education continues to be extremely important to African Americans in terms of promoting access to opportunities and removing barriers to success. According to William H Gray, the president of the United Negro College Fund, it is vital that African Americans progress in higher education continues and increases in order to achieve representation that is at least equal to our representation in society. Legislation during the twentieth ..."
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African-Centered Education, 2004.
Looks at the concept of an African-centered education and some of the issues surrounding this approach.
2,462 words (approx. 9.8 pages), 5 sources, APA, £ 52.95
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This paper examines African-centered education in an effort to reveal what it is, how it works, how it can be implemented, and why it is important.
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"In 'The Miseducation of the Negro', Carter Woodson (2000) argues that the education provided to African Americans ignored or undervalued African historical experiences, and overvalued European history and culture. This has caused the alienation of African-Americans, who became dissociated from themselves, by ignoring or cutting African-Americans' links with their own culture and traditions. Woodson argued that this type of education has caused African-Americans to reject their own heritage, while positioning them not at the center of European culture, but rather at its margins. Woodson predicted that such an education would result in the psychological and cultural decline of the African American people."
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Higher Education and African Americans, 2008.
This paper explores the predictors for the failure of African Americans to access and succeed in higher education.
3,626 words (approx. 14.5 pages), 12 sources, APA, £ 70.95
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The paper attempts to determine the predictors that reveal attrition rates among African-American college students or aspiring college students. The paper provides a literature review and devises a variance analysis of different groups to argue that attitudes which value or devalue a post-secondary education are tied to racial affiliation. The paper therefore shows how, ultimately, these predictors are chief explanatory factors for why students fail to apply to school or drop out long before they have achieved final success.
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Introduction
The research/empirical literature
Methodology
Methodological limitations
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"The following paper will argue that African Americans fail to access (and to achieve success in) higher education because of underlying factors that can easily serve as reliable predictors of troubles to come. For instance, racial quotas or affirmative action policies in America have distracted attention away from school failures and from ecological problems (de-emphasis upon higher education, de-emphasis upon scholastic achievement) that keep African-Americans out of school or from finding the levels of achievement they deserve. Additionally, students will fail to attend university if they sense that the reward simply is not there in the end or if they feel that they will be the victims of racial stereotyping (in short, it may be extrapolated from the literature that academic persistence is directly impacted by what people believe they will experience when attending an institution). Lastly, one other key predictor is the extent to which parents value higher education and the educational attainment they themselves possess."
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Affirmative Action in African- American Education, 2002.
This paper looks at the intentions of the 14th Amendment in relation to a federally funded all-male African-American academy that works as a type of affirmative action to help combat discrimination.
1,375 words (approx. 5.5 pages), 4 sources, £ 31.95
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This paper looks at the establishment of an all-male African-American academy in California created in order to combat racial discrimination and inequality. The author discusses how the academy may violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by deciding admissions solely on the base of race, and examines why this case is a battle between the legality of the school's policies, and the pressures of social needs, and therefore seen as justifiable by many.
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"Proponents of an all-male African-American academy argue that such an act to create a federally funded school can be legally justified by looking back to the original intent that the Fourteenth Amendment and the Civil Rights Act carried in providing equality to disadvantaged minority groups. However, the laws were drafted in universal terms, warranting an application for equality to all persons, including majority groups. Such an academy does indeed violate the law, but the purpose can be socially justified. A separate school for blacks would not hinder the growth of black children, but instead would provide them with knowledge, confidence, and faith in the black race. This is certainly necessary to equalize the structural inequalities that exist in higher education. "
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Higher Education And African Americans, 2002.
Discussion of positive and negative experiences.
2,025 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 16 sources, £ 49.95
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Discussion of positive and negative experiences. Cites research that contends that the quality and quantity of education Blacks receive make a difference in I.Q. outcomes. Gives examples from various universities (Harvard, University of Virginia). Increase in black students at four-year colleges. Role of Black colleges. Lawsuits brought by Whites regarding affirmative action and admission policies.
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"The experience of African Americans in higher education is varied, with some reporting very positive experiences and others negative ones. A study by researchers at Washington University in St. Louis found that Blacks who graduate from college increase their IQ scores more than four times as much as Whites while in college (Blacks make higher IQ gains, 1997), and actually narrow the gap between scores for the two groups. This is significant, since the researchers report that in high school, this gap usually gets wider. The study was initiated in response to a controversial 1994 book, The Bell Curve, that contended that Blacks are genetically less intelligent than Whites, and that the difference could not be reduced by education. The researchers attributed the changes in Black IQ scores to the relatively poor quality of pre-college education many..."
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Collaboration between Special Education and General Education Teachers, 2001.
This paper studies inclusion programs and the way general education teachers and special education teachers collaborate when performing them.
1,690 words (approx. 6.8 pages), 11 sources, MLA, £ 37.95
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This paper examines the benefits and disadvantages of inclusion programs from the point of view of the student as well as the teacher.
Inclusion means keeping special education students in regular classrooms and bringing the special support services to them. It discusses the affect it has on the children's education and on their parents. It details the types of schools where inclusion is more successful and where it is less successful. It discusses psychological and educational research done on this issue and presents its conclusions. It discusses several relevant education models such as: The itinerant model, used for certain categories of special education and the consultation model, when the teacher remains in one or two buildings with larger numbers of students to serve.
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"In schools where collaboration was successfully implemented, the special needs children developed improved social skills, greater motivation to learn, and increased self-esteem. Positive peer relationships developed. In these situations, ?Collaboration brought complementary professional skills to planning, preparation, and delivery of classroom instruction? [Ripley, 1997]. ?The concepts of individualized instruction, multiple learning styles, team teaching, weekly evaluation, and detailed planning are all of direct benefit to students ?[Ripley, 1997] Middle Schools easily lend themselves to the principles of collaboration. Collaboration is an important process of general education of Middle School Students where interdisciplinary teams often share in planning [Hines, 2001]. Middle school structures can be used as a model for special education inclusion."
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The Role of Female Educators in the Pan-African Movement, 1998.
An historical overview of women educators in the Pan-African movement, including a look at various theories on educating Africans.
1,180 words (approx. 4.7 pages), 6 sources, £ 27.95
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An overview of women educators in the Pan-African movement, covering the era of slavery in the U.S. until the 20th century, with comparisons of different approaches and theories of educating Africans.
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"With every conference that has been held or organization established, Pan-Africanists have espoused the ideals of Black nationhood, economic independence and self-knowledge in order to combat the subjugating values of American and European society. It is only right then, that some would attempt to carry out this task by traveling to Africa, with the purpose of imparting knowledge onto their African sisters and brothers."
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Educational Resilience of African-American Students, 2004.
This paper discusses educational resilience of African-American students, the process that helps children to overcome challenging beginnings and move on to live successful lives.
3,665 words (approx. 14.7 pages), 15 sources, APA, £ 70.95
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This paper explains that, for many African-American students, risk factors, including poverty, family breakdown, substance abuse, illness, and stress are associated with adverse educational and life outcomes; however, researchers have discovered that between one-third and two-thirds of children exposed to risk overcome or resist these challenges and go on to achieve successful, well-adjusted lives. The author points out that an important characteristic of educationally resilient African American students is access to a progressive curriculum. The paper explains that a resilience-promoting curriculum requires children to solve problems, make judgments, form opinions, think critically, locate resources, and manage time. Charts.
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Introduction
Literature Review
Characteristics of Educational Resilience
Early Characteristics of Resilience
Characteristics of Inner-City Classrooms and Schools That Promote Educational Resilience
Risk and Resilience
Conclusion
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"Another major characteristic of educational resilience in African American students is the school. ?Influences such as teacher actions and expectations, effective instructional methods and curriculum, schoolwide policies, and school climate play key roles in raising student learning, motivation, and attitudes toward school. These influences are briefly discussed below.? A student who is taught by a teacher who is concerned, sets high expectations and serves a positive role model has a greater chance of succeeding in school, particularly for students with difficult life circumstances. Close relationships between teachers and students helps to alleviate stress and provide positive support, which promotes educational resilience. Teachers promote educational resilience by encouraging students to master new skills, believe in themselves, and take responsibility for their own education. As demonstrated in the table above, the relationship between teacher and student is extremely important."
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Physical Education vs. Educational Achievement, 2006.
This paper discusses the issue of physical education and its relationship to academic proficiency.
3,163 words (approx. 12.7 pages), 10 sources, APA, £ 63.95
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This paper examines in-depth the correlation of a sedentary life style and poor academic achievement while stressing the need for implementing a more aggressive approach to physical and nutritional education in America's school systems which would result in greater academic performance. The writer also discusses how the current physical education programs in the nation's schools vary with the affluence of the neighborhoods.
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"The problem with teaching nutrition, for example, lies in Inner city schools, where minorities and children from poor families come to get their one solid meal of the day. How do you teach "nutrition" to such deprived children? And, isn't it a fact that mal-nourished and under-nourished children do badly on exams simply because their bodies cannot keep up, and their attention-spans may be limited if by nothing else than hunger pangs. Over-eating, obese children also tend to have some learning problems, because their over-saturated digestive systems tend to make them logy. However, some elementary nutrition subjects must be taught, and they should be considered part of the Health/Physical Education curriculum."
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African-Americans in Special Education, 2005.
Factors determining the increasing number of African-American children in special education programs.
4,528 words (approx. 18.1 pages), 12 sources, MLA, £ 82.95
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This paper takes a look behind what is going on with special education and looks at the factors that are causing the strong over-representation of African-American youths in many of the special education classes across this country today.
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"The large amount of minority children, specifically African-American children, who have ended up in special education programs for students who have learning disabilities, behavioral disabilities, emotional disabilities, or mental disabilities, has remained a very strong reality even though it has been recognized for more than 20 years (Townsend, Thomas, Witty, & Lee, 1996). After looking at many of these patterns and how often they recur, it is important to look at the assumptions, beliefs, worldviews, and epistemologies that are often used by many who work in special education in order to determine what is causing the disproportionate amount of these individuals in special education programs throughout the country (Townsend, Thomas, Witty, & Lee, 1996)."
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