Acknowledgements Part 1: No BS (Bad Stats) Chapter 1: No BS (Bad Stats) Numbers Are People: The Achievement Gap as a Social Construct A Duboisian Framework for Educational Equity Discovering the Talented Tenth Chapter 2: The Happy Bell Curve Story of My Life BS Funny Numbers The Happy Bell Curve Why Not Trust Objective Research on Black People? Chapter 3: More Black Men in Prison Than College Introduction The Dubious Basis for the Line, "There Are More Black Men in Jail Than in College" The Overrepresentation of Black Men in Prison Continues to Be a Problem Starting a New Agenda to Increase College Persistence and Reduce Incarceration for Black Males Conclusion, Context, Dissection and the Surge of White Women in Prison Chapter 4: Black Students Don''t Read Introduction Failing Black Students Separating Tests from Test Takers Learning How to Read Making a Difference Why Public Schools Are Confused - An Afterthought Chapter 5: Black Students Are Dropping Out Introduction Related Findings Chapter 6: Single Parents Can''t Raise Black Children: What if the Single Parent Was White? Introduction Do Black Children from Two-Parent Homes Perform Better in School? Single Parents and Incarceration - Response to a Message Chapter 7: Smart Black Students Are Acting White Introduction What Black Students Think about Being Smart What Black Students Think about College What Black Students Need to Be Successful in School Conclusion Chapter 8: Black Male Teachers Are Missing Introduction Black Male Teachers - Separating Facts from Myths Why Are Black Male Teachers Important? When Teachers of Color Are Missing, Check Racism First Chapter 9: Waiting for Super-Predator Introduction Law and Disorder in Schools for Black Children Why We See Young Black and White Criminals Differently When Schools Became Prisons The Existential Crisis of School Resource Officers Creating More Opportunities for Black Students The Inner City - An Afterthought Part 2: Why We Believe Chapter 10: Why We Believe Why We Believe - An Afterthought Chapter 11: Believing in Black Parents Introduction What Schools Need from Black Parents? What Do Black Parents Need from Schools? Building Partnerships between Black Parents and Schools Black Marriage - An Afterthought Chapter 12: Believing Black Students Are College Bound Introduction Debunking the BS about Black College Students Why We Believe Black Students Are College Bound Chapter 13: Believing in Black History Who Are Black Americans? Dear Racism, I am Not My Grandparents How to Teach about Slavery without Looking like a Jerk When Black History Is a Current Affair Chapter 14: Believing in Black Students with Disabilities How Black Students with Disabilities End up in Honors Classes? 132 How Black Students without Disabilities End up in Special Education? What Does This All Mean? I Don''t Get it . - An Afterthought Chapter 15: Believing in Fair Discipline for Black Students Introduction Discipline Data Civil Rights Data Collection Analysis of Who Gets Suspended Why Black Students Get Suspended More How Can We Reduce Suspentions? Chapter 16: Believing White Teachers Can Teach Black Students Introduction Education in Black and White Who Makes up the U.S. Teaching Population? So, What if Most Teachers Are White? White Teachers Need to Become Better White People Beyond Black and White The Problem with School - An Afterthought Chapter 17: Believing in Black Colleges Introduction Debunking the BS about Black Colleges HBCUs and STEM Linkage to Theory and Research Believing in HBCUs 65 Years after Brown v. Board of Education: How Important Is Integration? - An Afterthought Being an HBCU Scholar Chapter 18: Believing in Black Students About the Author.