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    Start Over Collection Black Caribbean Literature (BCL) Publication Year 2010 Subject Term England

    1. Do Some Schools Narrow the Gap? Differential School Effectiveness by Ethnicity, Gender, Poverty, and Prior Achievement

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Strand,Steve (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    2010
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    School Effectiveness and School Improvement
    Journal Title Details:
    21(3) : 289-314
    Notes:
    Analyzes the educational progress of 530,000 pupils in England between age 7 in 2000 and age 11 in 2004. The results show that Black Caribbean boys not entitled to free school meals, and particularly the more able pupils, made significantly less progress than their White British peers. There is no evidence that the gap results from Black Caribbean pupils attending less effective schools. The results suggest the poor progress of Black Caribbean pupils reflects a systemic issue rather than the influence of a small number of "low quality" schools.

    2. The Comintern and Black Workers in Britain and France 1919-37

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Adi,Hakim (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    Jul 2010
    Published:
    Abingdon, UK: Frank Cass/Taylor & Francis
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    Immigrants & Minorities
    Journal Title Details:
    28(2-3) : 224-245
    Notes:
    Looks at the attempts of the Communist international to organise amongst African and Caribbean workers in Europe, and particularly in France and Britain during the inter-war period. It locates these attempts within the overall objectives of the Comintern to organise all workers, to organise in the colonies and to address what was referred to at that time as the 'Negro Question' - that is the liberation of all those of African descent. The paper particularly highlights the role of communists of African and Caribbean origin and the organisations they formed.

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