Going beyond mere analysis--and beyond the relentlessly negative media images--this inspiring study shows how young African American men can achieve academic success and what parents can do to help.
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Going beyond mere analysis--and beyond the relentlessly negative media images--this inspiring study shows how young African American men can achieve academic success and what parents can do to help.
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Add this copy of Beating the Odds: Raising Academically Successful to cart. $22.00, very good condition, Sold by Ageless Pages rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Cottonwood, AZ, UNITED STATES, published 1998 by Oxford University Press.
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Very Good in Good jacket. Signed by Author Based on extensive research and interviews with successful young African-American males and their parents, Beating the Odds emphasizes the unique combinations of supportive and challenging parenting practices that parents have adopted to help their sons cope and achieve in both the African-American community and mainstream white society.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. Signed by author. Inscribed on t-p by Hrabowski. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. xv, [1], 3-242 p. Notes. References. Index. From Wikipedia: "Freeman A. Hrabowski III is a American educator, advocate, and mathematician. In May 1992 he began his term as president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). Hrabowski has transformed UMBC into a research institution recognized as one of the most innovative in the country. UMBC has been ranked the #1 Up and Coming University in the USA for three consecutive years (2009, 2010, and 2011) by U.S. News and World Report. Hrabowski is the co-author of, Beating the Odds: Raising Academically Successful African American Males (1998), and Overcoming the Odds: Raising Academically Successful African American Young Women (2001). His research and publications focus on science and math education, with emphasis on minority participation and performance. His leadership, expertise and vision are integral to programs world-wide in science/technology/engineering/mathemati (STEM), and are used by universities, schools, and communities around the country."
Add this copy of Beating the Odds: Raising Academically Successful to cart. $81.17, new condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1998 by Oxford University Press.
