Current Research

Home Libraries Provide Huge Educational Advantage

Abstract
Children growing up in homes with many books get 3 years more schooling than children from bookless homes, independent of their parents’ education, occupation, and class. This is as great an advantage as having university educated rather than unschooled parents, and twice the advantage of having a professional rather than an unskilled father. It holds equally in rich nations and in poor; in the past and in the present; under Communism, capitalism, and Apartheid; and most strongly in China. Data are from representative national samples in 27 nations, with over 70,000 cases, analyzed using multi-level linear and probit models with multiple imputation of missing data.

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Millennial Students of Color - Gifted Child Today

The spring 2010 issue of Gifted Child Today focuses on millennial (individuals born between 1982 and the present) students of color and asks important questions such as, "does the term "millennial" even apply to African American students? What role does pop culture (e.g., hip hop) play in the development of identity for this population? What does it mean to be African American, millennial, and gifted? Are our current developmental theories applicable to this group?

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The Brotherhood: Empowering Adolescent African-American Males Toward Excellence

Cultural Identification and Academic Achievement among African American Males
Journal of Advanced Academics - Summer 2008 - Miles Irving

Abstract
This study investigated the relationship between intercultural perceptions, identity, and academic achievement among African American males. Specifically, this study investigated the relationship of academic achievement, cultural mistrust, oppositional cultural attitudes, ethnic identity development and educational outcome expectations and value, and socioeconomic status among African American male high school students

Capitalizing on Leadership Capacity: Gifted African American Males in High School
The Roeper Institute - April 2008 - Fred A Bonner II

Abstract
Leadership is one of the most underemphasized dimensions of high ability cited in the current federal definition of giftedness. This particular ability area is highlighted here in an effort to offer helpful information and recommendations to administrators, educators, parents, and policymakers who seek plausible solutions to the problem of underidentification among gifted secondary African American male student populations. Key topics and issues addressed include definitions of giftedness, school context and environment, identity development, resilience, and leadership potential. The analysis concludes with practitioner- and researcher-focused recommendations.

Given Half a Chance
50 State Report on Public Education and Black Males

The Schott Foundation for Public Education has published a web-based 50 State Report on Public Education and Black Males. The website is a data portal that provides parents, educators, media, policymakers, elected officials—and anyone who cares about education and equity—direct access to important, alarming data on the devastating reality of education for Black males across all 50 states. Visit the 50 state report at the foll wing link: http://www.blackboysreport.org/

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