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Â¥·ïÌìÌà Texts and the African American Read-In

During February, the month of the African American Read-In, we continue our theme of spotlighting connections with thoughtful Â¥·ïÌìÌà texts.

±õ²ÔÌýÌýAdam Banks uses the concept of the Digital Divide as a metonym for America’s larger racial divide, in an attempt to figure out what meaningful access for African Americans to technologies and the larger American society can or should mean. Read more about this text in a .

 

Probing deep into issues that affect American schools today, the author of Ìýdemonstrates how two connected cultures cannot be ignored if one is to effect change in education. Dive deeper into this text with this article, “”

 

Finding ways to build on the language abilities that students of diverse cultures bring to school, theÌý bookÌýÌýrecounts an experiment in helping urban African American high school students to interpret literature by drawing on their own rich oral tradition of “signifying.” Read more about this text in this from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

 

shares the results of a seven-year research study identify the challenges new teachers face and how all concerned can help keep new teachers in the profession. Learn more of this book from a .

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offers specific ideas for how to teach writing well and in a culturally relevant way. Read as the others share “.”

 

 

Thanks for checking out these Â¥·ïÌìÌà texts!