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Title: Afrocentricity for all: A case study examining the self-healing power of alternative curricula as a mediating tool of inclusion
Author: Watson, Marcia
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Education, Curriculum planning, African Americans--Study and teaching, Ethnicity--Study and teaching
Description: Student achievement and school reform are some of the most pervasive topics in public school discourse. However, the curriculum is one area that remains virtually unchanged across U.S. schools. The efflorescence of federal legislative policies, su...

Title: Incidents In The Life Of A Cyber Girl: Exploring Instagram As A Potential Counterspace For Black Girls’ Literacy Practices
Author: Anderson, Jimmeka
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Educational technology, Ethnicity--Study and teaching, African Americans--Study and teaching, Curriculum planning
Description: Although research has been done to explore social media as a safe space with Black girls (Womack, 2013), there is limited research that assesses social media as a counter space for Black girls’ literacies. According to The Associated Press-NORC Ce...

Title: Performing Arts Education and the Academic Identity Development of African American Male High School Students
Author: Walton, Calvin
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Curriculum planning, Art--Study and teaching, African Americans--Study and teaching, Ethnicity--Study and teaching
Description: AbstractThis study examined the effects of performing arts participation on the academic achievement of African American male high school students. The study investigated how engagement in school-based performing arts influenced the academic ident...