Debunking 3 myths about black students — using data and logic
Ivory A. Toldson, a professor of counseling psychology at Howard University, has a new book with a mouthful of a title and an important message: “No BS (Bad Stats): Black People Need People Who Believe in Black People Enough Not to Believe Every Bad Thing They Hear About Black People.”
The book, as the title suggests, addresses myths about black students and debunks with them data and logic. The post below was written by Toldson, who takes three of the myths head-on.
Toldson also is the president of Quality Education for Minorities, editor in chief of the Journal of Negro Education and executive editor of the Journal of the Center for Policy Analysis and Research, published by the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation.
This appeared on the Conversation website, and I was given permission to publish it.
By Ivory Toldson
Evidence suggests white teachers are more negative with — and have lower expectations for — black students. As a counseling professor who specializes in educating black children, these findings do not surprise me. I often hear education professionals and others use simplistic negative statistics to explain complex challenges facing black students.
In my new book, “No BS (Bad Stats): Black People Need People Who Believe in Black People Enough Not to Believe Every Bad Thing They Hear about Black People,” I refer to these kinds of negative statistics as “BS,” or “bad stats.” They are data points that are incomplete, poorly contextualized, usually negative and sometimes wrong.
My book uses data, research and anecdotes to confront nine lies about education and black students. I give CONTINUE READING: Debunking 3 myths about black students — using data and logic - The Washington Post
