A strategy guide for teachers to raise achievement levels of African American children. A 'practical' handbook that provides solutions toward closing an achievement gap that has reached crisis proportions. Strategies are offered to replace those practices which have proven to be ineffective; which will over time motivate, educate, and empower African American children.

Product Description: Baruti, whose name is an African name meaning teacher, earned his B.S. degree in Management/Marketing from Kean College of New Jersey in 1986, and his M.A. degree in Urban Education /Admistration for Jersey City State College in 1996...read more