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By the time the day is over, the children at Promise Academy, where the academic year runs from Sep 6-Aug 9, start another phase of learning at the after-school program attended by the majority of the school's students. Promise Academy is an example of the type of efforts being undertaken in Harlem and across the nation by Black sociologists and educators who believe strong parental involvement in a child's school life, along with a plethora of enrichment activities, can help improve the child's intellectual development. Here, Robertson stresses how many educators contend that if Black student achievement is to improve, parents need to step up and play a role in their children's learning--both inside and outside of school.
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Parental Guidance
On a blistering summer morning in mid-July, when most children in Harlem were just rising for the day or settling in front of their video games, the sixth-graders at Promise Academy recited spelling words and practiced math skills.
"Let's go! Fire up those hands!" said Shondell James, a teacher at the extended-day charter school, which opened last September."No time for talking," she said as she walked around the classroom passing out papers. She gently touched the shoulders of fidgety children, all of whom wore white uniform shirts."Sit up please!"By the time the day was over, the children at Promise Academy, where the academic year runs from September to Aug. 9, started another phase of learning at the after-school program attended by the majority of the school's students. The program offers the 200 kindergartners and sixth-graders tutoring and a v...See the full content of this document
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