Peas ‘N Rice” or “Rice ‘N Peas”—Which One are We Really Ordering

The Plight of African American Male Students Engaged in Educational Exchange Processes

Bibliographic Data

ID10856412
AuthorsAdair F White-Johnson (Marietta City Schools, corresponding author)
Year2001
Volume36
Issue3
Pages343-373
Publication date2001-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueUrban Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0042-0859 • E-ISSN: 1552-8340
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0042085901363003
OpenAlexW2009725294
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited8

The intent of the study was to explore the perceptions of African American male students who chose to leave the traditional academic setting and enroll in an alternative education program within the same school system. The primary informants, referred to as early leavers, were 5 African American male students enrolled in a suburban high school program, their parents, and several teachers. The study’s conceptual framework extended the analysis of the drop-out phenomenon beyond the demographics, drug culture, home environments, self-esteem, and teachers’ perceptions as contributing factors of African American early-leaver patterns and academic discontent. Instead, this study focused on the students’ narrated schooling experiences and offered insight to students’ agencies as alternate explanations of drop-out behavior

Academic achievement · African american · Chose · Demographic economics · Demographics · Drop out · Medical education · Pedagogy · Perception · Phenomenon · Political science · Sociology · Demography · Diverse Education Studies and Reforms · Education Methods and Practices · Family and Disability Support Research · Medicine · Psychology