The Genius of Black Children

03/28/2016

Personally, I’d be thrilled if some policy makers and advocates would quit pitting child care against early education (preschool). Good care is always educational. Good education is always caring. (I think that pretty well sums up 60 years of developmental research.)
Walter Gilliam, Professor of Child Psychiatry and Psychology, Yale University

In Cultivating the Genius of Black Children, Debra Sullivan describes the commonalities of programs that have been successful in educating Black students to high levels of academic achievement. A few examples:

Focus on learning more than teaching
Let children move!
Embed culturally relevant or Africentric curriculum, pedagogy, and engagement.
Let children talk!
Have high expectations
Respect Black children, their families and their communities.

Free resources to help Head Start staff meet goals.

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