The Club 2012 Phenomenon : How Parents Can Partner With Schools For The Academic Success Of African American Males

Since 2006, the national high school graduation rate has continued to increase, however, black students only graduated at 75% in 2015 as compared to 88% for whites. Black males in particular are under-represented in advanced placement (AP) classes and have lower standardized test scores. As a parent of two young boys, Ms. McGill Carpenter set out to identify the underlying causes of the achievement gap and create a solution. The result was Club 2012. The impact was tremendous! The participants achieved a 100% high school graduation rate. Additionally, close to 75% of the young men graduated from college. This groundbreaking book offers parents a way to work with schools to create the environment needed to allow young Black men to thrive in school. Inside these pages you will learn: -The real reasons behind the achievement gap -Why Parent involvement is essential to academic achievement -How to set children up for success in kindergarten so they're not playing catch-up in grades 1-12 -How to use the 'Village Approach' to connect families with the school system -The secret sauce of positive peer pressure, parent involvement, and high expectations

• | Author: Gabrielle Carpenter, M.Ed
• | Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• | Publication Date: Apr 04, 2018
• | Number of Pages: 328 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1987528646
• | ISBN-13: 9781987528640