Download or read book Educating African American Students written by Abul Pitre and published by R&L Education. This book was released on 2009-08-15 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using a combination of case studies and research, the contributors of this timely book highlight some of the significant issues, historical, curricular, and societal, that have led to African American students having a proportionally larger representation in special education classes, higher drop-put rates, and more incidences of in-school, race-on-race violence.