Description
Tracing thehistory ofblack schoolingin North America, this book emphasizes factors in society at large – and sometimes within black communities – which led toblack children being separate from the white majority.In African-American/Afro-Canadian Schooling: From the Colonial Period to the Present , Charles L. Glenn reveals theevolution of assumptions about race and culture as applied to schooling, as well asthe reactions of black parents and leadership in the United States and Canada. Charles Glenn is a Professor of Educational Leadership and former Dean of the School of Education at Boston University, where he teaches courses in education history and comparative policy. From 1970 to 1991 he was Director of Urban Education and Equity for the Massachusetts Department of Education, and he has published studies on educational issues in more than forty countries.
