Success for Black Boys

This month we interviewed Dr. Marcelle Haddix of Syracuse University.  She spoke with us about her recent article, Black Boys Can Write, that appears in the January 2010 issue of the Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy.  Dr. Haddix provides insight on strategies teachers and parents can use to promote writing along with more useful ways of framing the discourse about the education of African American males.

Additional Resources Referenced by Dr. Haddix
Dr. Valerie Kinloch, The Ohio State University
Book:  Harlem on Our Minds: Place, Race and the Literacies of Urban Youth

Dr. Maisha Winn, Emory University
Book:  Writing in Rhythm: Spoken Word Poetry in Urban Classrooms

Ernest Morrell, UCLA
Multiple books dealing with the education of urban youth

Al Tatum
Book:  Teaching Reading to Black Adolescent Males: Closing the Achievement Gap

Jawanza Kunjufu
Books:  Multiple Writings