Uvanney Maylor is Professor of Education and Director of the Institute for Research in Education at the University of Bedfordshire, UK.

• 1. Introduction 2. Identifying Black Underachievement and its Causes 3. Black Cultural Capital: Culturally Rich or Poor? 4. Being Colour-Blind and Colour-Conscious: White and Black Teacher Discourses 5. UK Teacher Education Developing Understanding of Student Difference and Race Equality 6. Challenges for UK Teacher Education in Meeting the Needs of Black Children 7. Educating Black Children: African American Perspectives 8. A Dream Deferred: African American High Achieving Adolescent School Girls At-Risk of Crazy Donna Johnson 9. Thinking Differently: Becoming Critical Educators 10. End Reflections