Research Articles
This webpage provides links to articles that support family involvement in our schools.  
Feel free to peruse the following articles. 
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Old Math, New Math:  Parents' Experiences with Standards-Based Reform
More research articles:
Inner-City African American Parental Involvement in Eloementary Schools:  Getting Beyond Urban Legends of Apathy
African American Communities:  Implications for Culturally Relevant Teaching
Instructing African American Students
Conclusions:  The Future of Family Involvement in Schools in African American Communities
Teaching Black and Teaching Back
The Impact of Ethnic Socialization and Ethnic Identity on the Self-Esteem and Parenting Attitudes of African American Fathers
Parent-School Involvement and School Performance:  Mediated Pathways among Socioeconomically Comparable African American and Euro-American Families
Individual and Social Factors Related to Urban African American Adolescents' School Performance
Parents' Management of Their Children's Education within the Home, at School, and in the Community:  An Examination of African American Families Living in Poverty
Social Risk and Protective Factors for African American Children's Academic Achievement and Adjustment
During the Transition to Middle School
Unnecessary and Unjustified African-American Parental Perceptions of Special Education
Increasing Prosocial Behavior and Academic Achievement Among Adolescent African American Males
From Cultural Responsiveness to Cultural Activeness:  Promoting Public School Success with Minority Populations
The Impact of the Academic Achievement Gap on the African American Family:  A Social Inequality Perspective
The following are references used in the creation of this website.  These articles can also be found in the links above.

Bailey, D. F., & Bradbury-Bailey, M. E. (2007). Promoting achievement for African American       males through group work. Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 32(1), 83-96.

Boutte, G. S. & Hill, E. L. (2006). African American communities: Implications for culturally        relevant teaching. New Educator, 2(4), 311-329.

Leach, M. & Williams, S. A. (2007).  The impact of the academic achievement gap on the            African American Family: A social imequality perspective. Journal of Human Behavior in the        Social Environment, 15, 39-59.

McLeod, K. & Tanner, T. (2007). From cultural responsiveness to cultural activeness: Promoting public school success with minority populations. International Journal of the Humanities,            5(3), 205-211.

Somers, C. L., Owens, D., & Piliawsky, M. (2008). Individual and social factors related to urban  African American adolescents' school performance. High School Journal, 91(3), 1-11.

Young, C. Y., Wright, J. V., & Laster, J. (2005). Instructing African American students. Education, 125(3), 516-524.
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