YOU have the power to make a difference with your African American students! This interactive staff development resource helps educators deal with the main barriers?often personal assumptions or mind-sets?that can impede their progress with African American K?12 students. Calling upon readers to embark upon a personal journey to address these issues, the author skillfully combines moving first-person narratives, personal growth exercises, and informational text, and shows educators how to:

• Deal with obstacles to successful classroom management
• Foster positive interactions within the classroom
• Prepare African American students to succeed on standardized tests
• Build positive relationships with African American parents