Climbing the Academic Achievement Ladder: Promoting the Success of Black Males

 

Presentations & Videos

 

Toward the Development of Human Agency in Boys who Identify Themselves as Black Video Presentation
Edmund W. Gordon, Columbia University

 

Opening Remarks Video Presentation
Michael T. Nettles, Educational Testing Service
Kurt M. Landgraf, Educational Testing Service
Rochelle Hendricks, New Jersey Department of Education
 

 

Current Research Reveals Keys to Black Male Academic Achievement and Motivation Video Presentation
Shaun R. Harper, University of Pennsylvania
Ronald Alexander Williams, College Board®  
Jerlando F.L. Jackson, University of Wisconsin
Bryant Marks, Morehouse College

 

Progressive Schools and Communities of and for Black Male Academic Achievement Video Presentation
Michael E. Walker, Educational Testing Service
David C. Banks, Eagle Academy Foundation
Jabali Sawicki, Excellence Boys Charter School
Khary Lazarre-White, Brotherhood/Sister Sol
 
Michael E. Walker, Educational Testing Service  
David C. Banks, Eagle Academy Foundation  
Jabali Sawicki, Excellence Boys Charter School  
Khary Lazarre-White, Brotherhood/Sister Sol  

 

Fathers and Families Video Presentation
Catherine M. Millett, Educational Testing Service  
Vivian L. Gadsden, University of Pennsylvania  

 

Public Policy Solutions to African-American Achievement Video Presentation
Terrell Strayhorn, Ohio State University
Kent McGuire, Temple University  
Paul Tractenberg, Rutgers University  
Sen. Ronald L. Rice, New Jersey State Legislature  
Joseph Youngblood II, Thomas Edison State College  

 

A Call to Action: Next Steps and Actions Going Forward to Further Progress Video Presentation
Henry Johnson Pruitt Jr., Teaneck Board of Education
Donnell Butler, Educational Testing Service  
Edmund W. Gordon, Columbia University  
Michael T. Nettles, Educational Testing Service