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[quote=Anonymous]I am currently completing an urban education program. The classes aren't called "teaching black kids" but it's interwoven into everything we do as we are all teaching in predominantly black schools - my school is 100% black.

We read books like Reading for Their Life (http://www.amazon.com/Reading-Their-Life-Building-Adolescent/dp/0325026793) that talk about how the education system has failed black students and how to make sure that our teaching doesn't do the same. The things we talk about in relation to black kids supplement the normal ed stuff we get. It has been very helpful.

Generally the focus of these programs would be on recognizing our own biases as teachers, how textbooks, tests or schools can be biased towards black kids. Understanding how and why black boys are so disproportionally represented in sped or in suspensions/expulsions. And figuring out how to combat that.

We read literature like Sharon Flake. We considered the stress put on students who come from high poverty areas like Anacostia.

Does this answer your question?[/quote]

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