Tifani Blakes
Biographic Data
| ID | 6006777 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tifani Blakes |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tifani |
| FAMILY NAME | Blakes |
| SIGNATURE | BLAKES T |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Texas at Austin |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Through the Perfect Storm: Contextual Responses, Structural Solutions, and the Challenges of Black Education
This article discusses the range of challenges faced by African American students today and argues against “silver bullet” solutions in addressing them. Academic success will not be achieved by imposing narrowly conceived remedies to interconnected factors such as teacher preparation, student engagement, school financing, or parent support. Sustained, community-wide Black academic excellence requires contextual responses to these areas, along wit…
Documenting Tragedy and Resilience: The Importance of Spike Lee's When the Levees Broke
Spike Lee's documentary, When the Levees Broke, provides an informative, enduring, and alternative presentation surrounding the human and man-made debacle associated with Hurricane Katrina. Levees centers the voices of survivors and others involved in the weeks during and after the hurricane, historicizes residents' understandings and reactions, and grounds the entire film in powerful images and footage captured by countless people during the pro…
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Documenting Tragedy and Resilience: The Importance of Spike Lee's When the Levees Broke
Spike Lee's documentary, When the Levees Broke, provides an informative, enduring, and alternative presentation surrounding the human and man-made debacle associated with Hurricane Katrina. Levees centers the voices of survivors and others involved in the weeks during and after the hurricane, historicizes residents' understandings and reactions, and grounds the entire film in powerful images and footage captured by countless people during the pro…
Through the Perfect Storm: Contextual Responses, Structural Solutions, and the Challenges of Black Education
This article discusses the range of challenges faced by African American students today and argues against “silver bullet” solutions in addressing them. Academic success will not be achieved by imposing narrowly conceived remedies to interconnected factors such as teacher preparation, student engagement, school financing, or parent support. Sustained, community-wide Black academic excellence requires contextual responses to these areas, along wit…
Political science (2 works) · Public relations (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · American Sports and Literature (1 works) · Cartography (1 works) · Cinema and Media Studies (1 works) · Community engagement (1 works) · Conversation (1 works) · Economic growth (1 works) · Economics (1 works)