Urban Preparation: Young Black Men Moving from Chicago's South Side to Success in Higher Education (Race and Education)

Synopsis

Chezare A. Warren Chronicles The Transition Of A Cohort Of Young Black Males From Urban Prep Charter Academy For Young Men To Their Early Experiences In Higher Education. A Rich And Closely Observed Account Of A Mission-driven School And Its Students, Urban Preparation Makes A Significant Contribution To Our Understanding Of How Young Males Of Color Can Best Be Served In Schools Throughout The United States Today. A Founding Teacher At Urban Prep, Warren Offers A Detailed Exploration Of What This Single-sex Public High School On The South Side Of Chicago Has Managed To Accomplish Amid Profoundly Challenging Circumstances. He Provides A Rich Portrait Of The School--its Leaders, Teachers, And Professional Staff; Its Students; And The Community That The School Aims To Serve--and Highlights How Preparation For Higher Education Is Central To Its Mission. Warren Focuses On Three Main Goals: To Describe Urban Prep's Plans And Efforts To Prepare Young Black Males For College; To Understand How Race, Community, Poverty, And The School Contributed, In Complex And Interrelated Ways, To The Academic Goals Of These Students; And To Offer A Wide-ranging Set Of Conclusions About The School Environments And Conditions That Might Help Young Black Males Throughout The Country Succeed In High School And College--provided By Publisher. Foreword By H. Rchard Milner Iv -- Urban Preparation: An Introduction -- Improving Urban Education For Young Black Men And Boys / With Derrick R Brooms -- Living And Learning On The South Side Of Chicago -- Up Years 1 And 2: Schooling Environment -- Up Years 3 And 4: Preparation For College -- College Transition, Persistence, And Completion -- Reimagining The P-20 Education Pipeline For Young Black Men And Boys / With Derrick R. Brooms -- Recommendations For Contemporary Urban Education Reform -- Appendix: Research Methods -- Afterword By James Earl Davis. Chezare A. Warren. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.