Unfinished Business Closing the Racial Achievement Gap in Our Schools

Name: Unfinished Business Closing the Racial Achievement Gap in Our Schools
Price: 3.88 USD
Availability: InStock
ISBN: 9780787972752

ISBN-10: 0787972754

ISBN-13: 9780787972752

Edition: 2006

Authors: Jean Yonemura Wing, Pedro A. Noguera

List price: $24.95

30 day, 100% satisfaction guarantee!

Marketplace

3 new & used from $3.88

what's this?

Rush Rewards U
Members Receive:

You have reached 400 XP and carrot coins. That is the daily max!

In this groundbreaking book, co-editors Pedro Noguera and Jean Yonemura Wing, and their collaborators investigated the dynamics of race and achievement at Berkeley High School-a large public high school that the "New York Times" called "the most integrated high school in America." Berkeley's diverse student population clearly illustrates the "achievement gap" phenomenon in our schools. "Unfinished Business" brings to light the hidden inequities of schools-where cultural attitudes, academic tracking, curricular access, and after-school activities serve as sorting mechanisms that set students on paths of success or failure.

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/31/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 336
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Preface


The Editors



The Structure and Culture of Inequality in Schools


Introduction: Unfinished Business: Closing the Achievement Gap at Berkeley High School




Structuring Inequality at Berkeley High




Integration Across Campus, Segregation Across Classrooms: A Close-up Look at Privilege




The Discipline Gap and the Normalization of Failure




Agency in the Fight for Equity



Changing Teacher Practice and Student Outcomes




Creating Demand for Equity: Transforming the Role of Parents in Schools




Songs of Experience: Student Reflections on Four Years at Berkeley High



Conclusion: Lessons Learned: The Limits and Possibilities of Using Research to Counter Racial Inequality



Epilogue: Finishing School



References


Index