5 Reasons why some Black Children Don’t Succeed
These reasons are based on my personal experience working with Black and Hispanic children in an urban education setting. This is by no means posted to represent an all-encompassing cure all for the issue of minority underachievement in school, but is intended as a watch list to curb [...]
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I am a person who is in bed, in my night clothes by 9 pm. Of course, I am an at-home mom whose day begins, whether I like it or not, by 6 am. On top of that, I run a business and am responsible for three little’uns under 5 for most of the day. [...]
This is a reprint – the link is below.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/02/070207090939.htm#
ScienceDaily (2007-02-08) — Although it is known that children with sleep difficulties are likely to have school difficulties, new research reveals that this connection between sleep and school performance is related to a child’s socioeconomic and ethnic/racial background. The study observed 166 8- and 9-year-old African-American and [...]
After having been around children in the public schools for the past 15 years, there is something that I have noticed that a lot of the so-called “behavior problems” have in common – poor nutrition. Parents, have you even taken a look at what they’re serving in the school lunches these days? A typical lunch [...]
This is reprint of an article from USA Today. I have included the link at the bottom of the post.
‘Not a black thing’: ‘Ghettonation’ examines youth behavior
By G. Jeffrey MacDonald, Special for USA TODAY
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