Black American Students in an Affluent Suburb A Study of Academic Disengagement

Name: Black American Students in an Affluent Suburb A Study of Academic Disengagement
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ISBN: 9780805845167

ISBN-10: 080584516X

ISBN-13: 9780805845167

Edition: 2003

Authors: John U. Ogbu, With the Assist Davis

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Book details

List price: $67.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 1/1/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 344
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.02" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgment and Dedication


Introduction



Black Academic Achievement and Its Explanations


Black-White Academic Achievement Gap


Academic Disengagement in Shaker Heights


Explaining the Academic Gap; Conventional and Alternative Explanations



Societal and School Forces


Race Relations


Pygmalion in History, Society, and School


Leveling


Counselors, Teachers, and Discipline



Community Forces


Opportunity Structure: Schooling and Getting Ahead


Collective Identity, Culture, and Language


Peer Pressures


The Family


Community Forces and Academic Disengagement: A Summary of Findings


Policy Implications