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" What African American parents want educators to know / "
Gail L. Thompson
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BL
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698259
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b520448
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| Main Entry
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Thompson, Gail L.,1957-
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| Title & Author
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What African American parents want educators to know /\ Gail L. Thompson
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| Publication Statement
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Westport, CT :: Praeger,, 2003
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xx, 209 pages ;; 24 cm
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0897898931
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: 9780897898935
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-205) and index
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| Contents
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Part 1: African American parents/guardians discuss their children and themselves: -- 1. How their children felt about school -- 2. Academic problems -- 3. Literacy issues -- 4. How African American parents/guardians assisted their children academically -- 5. Discipline, suspension, and expulsion -- -- Part 2: African American parents/guardians discuss the education system: -- 6. Beliefs about teachers -- 7. Course work and homework -- 8. Beliefs about administrators -- 9. Improving the public school system -- -- Part 3: African American parents/guardians discuss other issues: -- 10. Racism -- 11. School safety -- 12. Peer pressure and the lure of street life -- 13. College -- 14. Conclusion
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| Abstract
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A study of African American parents/guardians raising school-age children and their views on the value of education and the American public school system
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African American parents-- Attitudes
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African Americans-- Education
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Educational surveys-- United States
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| Dewey Classification
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371.829/96073
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LC2731.T46 2003
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