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Warren, Chezare A. – Harvard Education Press, 2017
Chezare A. Warren chronicles the transition of a cohort of young Black males from Urban Prep Charter Academy for Young Men to their early experiences in higher education. A rich and closely observed account of a mission-driven school and its students, "Urban Preparation" makes a significant contribution to our understanding of how young…
Descriptors: African American Students, Males, College Preparation, Student Experience
Literacy Beat, 1987
A seminar was held at the Harvard Graduate School of Education in August 1987 on the subject, "Illiteracy and the Underclass: Are They Permanent?" The contributions of Chall, Comer, Epstein, Dash, and Rivera identified where illiteracy problems begin--in families with intergenerational patterns of illiteracy. Problems in estimating the numbers of…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Blacks