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Cyberbullying Incidents Among African American Female Middle School Students, Yvette Pennington
Cyberbullying Incidents Among African American Female Middle School Students, Yvette Pennington
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Recent research has shown an increase in cyber bullying acts against middle and high school students. The National Center of Education Statistics (2010) reported that cyberbullying incidents increased 73% between the years of 2007 and 2009. In 2011, 75% of cyberbullying victims were adolescents (National Center of Education Statistics, 2013). Using data collected from the Pew Research and American Life Project, the study examined the prevalence of cyber bullying acts against African American female adolescents compared to Caucasian male and female adolescents and African American male adolescents. Additionally, the study reported the cyber bullying incident that occurred most frequently as …
A Study Of Lived Experiences Of African American Male Principals In Urban Elementary Schools, April E. Brooks
A Study Of Lived Experiences Of African American Male Principals In Urban Elementary Schools, April E. Brooks
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Capstones
The cycle of low performance of African American males continues to eliminate the pool of African American male educators who can serve as role models for future generations (Hale, 1986; Noguera, 2003). The objective of this dissertation is to understand the lived experience of African-American male principals post Brown v. Board of Education, and how they perceive their leadership experience working in an urban elementary school setting by exploring their commitment to black children, specifically black males. The questions examine the experience of AA male principals, their beliefs, perceptions, cultural intersections, and use of cultural resources in relation to AA …