Taylor, George R., & Phillips, Thaddaus L. Improving the Quality of Education for African-American Males: A Study of America's Urban Schools

Adolescence, Winter, 2007

TAYLOR, George R., & PHILLIPS, Thaddaus L. Improving the Quality of Education for African-American Males: A Study of America's Urban Schools. Lewiston, NY: The Edwin Mellen Press, 2005.352pp. $119.95 (h).

This text is designed to assist educators in urban school districts in closing the achievement gap among African-American males. It provides a framework for innovative educators to extrapolate creative methods and strategies for closing this gap. The book demonstrates that African-American males' achievement and standards can be improved if appropriate reforms and prerequisite skills associated with standards are employed. Widespread support and a concerted effort from the community and policy makers are needed to achieve the reforms advocated in this text. Alone, urban schools are ill-equipped to institute needed reforms and solve problems associated with closing the achievement gap among African-American males. Interagency collaboration and cooperation from various human services are needed.