Read and Succeed

Practices to Support Reading Skills in African American Boys

Terry Husband

• Publisher: R&L Education
• Year: 2013
• eBook ISBN: 9781475801309
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Multicultural Education

Recent national achievement data reveal significant outcome disparities between African American boys and other student groups by grade 4. This issue has drawn much attention from teachers, parents, researchers, and policy makers all across the United States of America.
African American boys are not homogeneous in nature. Consequently, Read and Succeed: Practices to Support Reading Skills in African American Boys begins by identifying a host of potential factors that contribute to reading disengagement and under-achievement in African American boys in P-5 contexts. This book presents and discusses a multi-strategic framework for teachers, administrators, librarians, and parents to implement collaboratively to combat this issue. Read and Succeed additionally provides valuable and practical resources for teachers, administrators, and other school officials to use to increase reading engagement and achievement in African American boys.

Table of contents

• Contents
• Foreword
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Chapter 1: Reading Achievement in African American Boys
• Chapter 2: Factors That Contribute to Reading Disengagement and Underachievement
• Chapter 3: Principles and Practices for Increasing Reading Engagement
• Chapter 4: Increasing Reading Achievement in African American Boys
• Chapter 5: Increasing Writing Engagement
• Chapter 6: Partnering with Parents and Guardians
• Afterword
• Appendix A: Sample Texts with African American Males as Main Characters
• Appendix B: Sample Choice Board
• Appendix C: Sample Graphic Organizers
• Appendix D: Reading Interest Inventory
• Bibliography