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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Brown, Anthony L.; Donnor, Jamel K. – Race, Ethnicity and Education, 2011
This article examines the Black male crisis thesis promulgated by the social science literature, public policy, and mainstream discourse, respectively. The authors contend that the stock-story that the majority of African American males are "at-risk" for engaging in self-destructive behavior or on the verge of extinction perpetuates a discourse of…
Descriptors: Self Destructive Behavior, Behavior Modification, Social Sciences, Pathology
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Donnor, Jamel K. – Race, Ethnicity and Education, 2005
The purpose of this article is to advance Derrick Bell's (1992b) interest-convergence principle as an analytical lens for understanding the complex role of race in the educational experiences of African-American football student athletes. Currently, there is a scarcity of educational research that employs a critical theoretical perspective on race…
Descriptors: Team Sports, Educational Experience, Educational Research, Athletes