Pathways to Excellence – What We Know Works for Nurturing Black Children’s Success

African American and Black adolescents and young adults in the United States: Development in context.

“…Culturally relevant pedagogy as well as educational curricula and practices in schools may promote cultural pride (Aldana & Byrd, 2015). For example, Black students thrive in classrooms that use multimodal teaching, and African-centered programs promote both individualistic and collectivistic excellence, which enhances Black student' s academic advancement and success (Durden & Curenton, 2017;Rouland et al, 2014). Moreover, cultural continuity between the home and school context is associated with positive outcomes for Black youth (Rouland et al, 2014).…”