Teaching Black Students to Fly

Supplementary education programs1 play an important role in the educational development of Black students in the Global North. They provide students with knowledge, skills, and emotional support that is, generally, lacking in the mainstream public education system. For the most part, the community-based educational supports translate into Black students improving their academic performance significantly. This article uses Tara J. Yosso’s (2005) Community Cultural Wealth theoretical framework to situate studies concerning supplementary education programs and explore their contributions to Black students’ educational achievements in the United Kingdom, The United States of America, and Canada.