Literacy among Afro-American Youth: Issues in Learning, Teaching and Schooling Book

	Series Preface
	Foreword
	About the Contributors
	Introduction: Literacy and African-American Youth: Legacies and Struggles	1
1	Literacy and Education in the African-American Experience	19
2	Can Reading Failure Be Reversed: A Linguistic Approach to the Question	39
3	Commentary: Educating Low-Income Black Children	69
4	Commentary: Educating Black Youth: A Perspective from Practice	75
5	Literacy and Black Americans: Comparative Perspectives	83
6	Families, Communities, and Schools as Contexts for Literacy and Learning	101
7	Literacy for Empowerment: The Case of Black Males	125
8	Tracking and School Achievement: Implications for Literacy Development	153
9	Teacher Knowledge and Student Learning: Implications for Literacy Development	177
10	Silencing and Literacy	201
11	Using African-American Literature in the Classroom	229
12	Connecting African-American Parents and Youth to the School's Reading Curriculum: Its Meaning for School and Community Literacy	261
13	Curriculum Reform and Testing	281
	Literacy and Cultural Differences: An Afterword	299
	Author Index	303
	Subject Index	313