Closing the Attitude Gap: How to Fire Up Your Students to Strive for Success

by Baruti Kafele and Baruti K. Kafele

Book Overview

In this inspiring and thought-provoking follow-up to his 2009 best-seller Motivating Black Males to Achieve in School and in Life, Baruti Kafele makes the case that the attitude gap that often affects underperforming students can only be closed if educators first help students develop the will to strive for excellence. According to Kafele, educators can achieve remarkable results by focusing on five key areas:

* The teacher's attitude...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1416616284
• ISBN13: 9781416616283
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: ASCD
• Length: 111 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"