Supplementary Education

by Gordon, Edmund W.; BRIDGLALL, BEATRICE L.; Meroe, Aundra Saa

• ISBN13: 9780742542617
• ISBN10: 0742542610
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-10-01
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc

Summary

This book makes the case and lays the conceptual foundation for the significance of supplementary education in reducing the academic achievement gap between majority students and students of color. It further elaborates on the idea of supplementary education, which is based on the assumption that high academic achievement is closely associated with exposure to family and community-based activities and learning experiences that occur outside of school in support of academic learning.

Table of Contents

Foreword: James P. Comer, M.D.	vii
Preface: Edmund W Gordon and Beatrice L. Bridglall	ix
Part I Conceptual Foundations for Supplementary Education
1 Universal Access to Academic Excellence	3	(7)
Donald M. Stewart
2 The Challenge, Context, and Preconditions of Academic Development at High Levels	10	(25)
Edmund W. Gordon and Beatrice L. Bridglall
3 After-School Programs, Youth Development, and Other Forms of Supplementary Education	35	(28)
Beatrice L. Bridglall
4 Supplementation and Supplantation as Alternative Education Strategies	63	(25)
Edmund W Gordon and Aundra Saa Meroe
5 Academic Politicalization: Supplementary Education from Black Resistance	88	(16)
Edmund T. Gordon
6 Family Environments in Support of Academic Achievement	104	(7)
Richard M. Wolf
7 The Impact of Extracurricular Activities on Standardized Test Scores	111	(14)
Howard T. Everson and Roger Millsap
8 Supplementary Education, the Negotiation of Sociocultural Marginality, and the Uses of Reflexivity	125	(26)
Aundra Saa Meroe
Part II Varieties of Supplementation Programs
9 A Taxonomy of Supplementary Education Programs	151	(39)
Beatrice L. Bridglall, Alan Green, and Brenda Mejia
10 Varieties of Supplementary Education Interventions	190	(21)
Beatrice L. Bridglall
11 Families as Contractual Partners in Education	211	(27)
Hank M. Levin and Clive R. Belfield
12 Parents as Advocates for Education	238	(11)
Patti Smith
13 Community Support for Supplementary Education	249	(26)
Maitrayee Bhattacharyya
Part III The Idea of Supplementary Education
14 The Institutionalization of Supplementary Education	275	(20)
Beatrice L. Bridglall and Edmund W. Gordon
15 Conceptual and Practical Issues in Evaluating Supplementary Education Programs	295	(25)
Edmund W Gordon and Beatrice L. Bridglall
16 The Idea of Supplementary Education	320	(15)
Edmund W. Gordon
Index	335	(20)
About the Editors and Contributors	355