Prelims
African American Children in Early Childhood Education
ISBN: 978-1-78714-259-6, eISBN: 978-1-78714-258-9
ISSN: 2051-2317
Publication date: 22 May 2017
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(2017), "Prelims", African American Children in Early Childhood Education (Advances in Race and Ethnicity in Education, Vol. 5), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. i-x. https://doi.org/10.1108/S2051-231720170000005023
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African American Children in Early Childhood Education: Making the Case for Policy Investments in Families, Schools, and Communities
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Advances in Race and Ethnicity in Education
Series Editors: Joy Lawson Davis and James L. Moore III
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Advances in Race and Ethnicity in Education Volume 5
African American Children in Early Childhood Education: Making the Case for Policy Investments in Families, Schools, and Communities
Edited by
IHEOMA U. IRUKA
University of Nebraska, Omaha, NE, USA
STEPHANIE M. CURENTON
Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
TONIA R. DURDEN
Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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ISSN: 2051-2317 (Series)
List of Contributors
| Hasti Ashtiani Raveau | Department of Psychology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA |
| Claire E. Baker | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA |
| Kimberly A. Blitch | University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA |
| Erika L. Bocknek | College of Education, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA |
| Gloria Boutte | College of Education, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA |
| Shelby Brown | University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA |
| Andrea Buhler Wassman | University of California, Davis, CA, USA |
| Stephanie M. Curenton | School of Education, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA |
| Tonia R. Durden | College of Education and Human Development, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA |
| Zoe Falls | University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA |
| Brandee Feola | University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA |
| Nicole Gardner-Neblett | Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA |
| Marisha L. Humphries | Department of Educational Psychology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA |
| Iheoma U. Iruka | Buffett Early Childhood Institute at University of Nebraska, Omaha, NE, USA |
| Laura Jimenez Parra | University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA |
| Brenda Jones Harden | University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA |
| Lisa L. Knoche | Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA |
| Marva L. Lewis | Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA |
| Colleen Morrison | University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA |
| Justin Olmanson | University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA |
| Tunette M. Powell | University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA |
| Guieswende Rouamba | University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA |
| Debra R. Sullivan | Seattle Black Child Development Institute, Seattle, WA, USA |
| Ryan Syrek | The Reader, Omaha, NE, USA |
| Carla D. Thompson Payton | W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Battle Creek, MI, USA |
| Melissa K. Van Dyke | University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom |
| Amanda L. Witte | Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA |
- Prelims
- Part I Striving for Educational Equity
- Introduction
- Ring the Alarm: Moving from Educational Gaps to Educational Opportunities for Black Students
- Pathways to Excellence – What We Know Works for Nurturing Black Children’s Success
- Historical Analysis: Tracking, Problematizing, and Reterritorializing Achievement and the Achievement Gap
- Cultivating Genius: Black Children and Gifted Education
- Viewing African American Children’s Oral Language Skills as a Strength
- Part II Home and School Environmental Contexts
- Home-School Partnerships in Support of Young Children’s Development: The Intersection of Relationships, Rurality, and Race
- The Experiences and Effects of Toxic Stress on Young African American Children
- Father Involvement and Early Childhood Development in African American Families: Implications for Research, Practice, and Policy
- African American Fathers’ Mental Health & Child Well-Being: A Cultural Practices, Strengths-Based Perspective
- Part III Preparing Teachers and Improving Practice
- Teaching about Racial Equity Issues in Teacher Education Programs
- Teaching Children to Fail: How Early Education Is Failing Black Youth
- The Economic Realities of Early Childhood Education in the United States and the Policy Implications for Economically Disadvantaged Children, Families, and the Child care Workforce
- Afterword: Working toward Better Outcomes for Children and Their Families
- About the Authors
- Index