Education Injustice

Augustus Corbett has written a book that has everyone talking or listening. Education Injustice: How Public Schools Fail African American Males is a great book for educators, African American parents, and everyone interested in seeing the educational system reformed. This provocative book will transform the way you view our broken educational system, especially how it treats African American male students. Written in easy-to-understand text, the book first goes in-depth into why the achievement gap is so large between African American and white students. In simple terms, Rev. Corbett uses undeniable empirical evidence to illustrate, define and analyze the data associated with this deficiency and other problems. Additionally, the book looks at causes for African American males being overrepresented in special education, under-represented in gifted and talented programs, suspended and expelled more frequently than other students, and disproportionately pushed into the school-to-prison pipeline. Lastly, Rev. Corbett takes a bold and unflinching look at how the public school system was borne out of white supremacy and continues to reel under its influence. Unlike other authors on this topic, Rev. Corbett does not merely identify problems; he offers solutions that can change the way public schools mistreat African American males or at least help African American parents reduce the impact of the mistreatment. This book lights a fire under its readers and forces all stakeholders to confront their roles in our broken educational system and do something about this crucial dilemma. Another great thing about this book is that Rev. Corbett doesn’t blame a single source; he takes an all-encompassing look at what each sector can do to address this crisis. Rev. Corbett ends Education Injustice with a ten-point action plan that parents and educators can follow to stop losing young African American males to low expectations, gangs, homicide, broken dreams, and the prison industrial complex. It is his sincere hope that book clubs, mentorship programs, public schools, policymakers, and other interested parties will use this book to spurn ideas for group discussions, policy, and community activism. At the end of the day, Rev. Corbett and Education Injustice focus on saving and uplifting young African American males and do not allow them or their parents to wallow or whimper in the statistics that hound them. Anyone who reads this book will feel hopeful and inspired to roll up their sleeves and get involved in the responsibility of rescuing young African American males from failing schools and the streets.