Keepin' It Real School Success Beyond Black and White

Name: Keepin' It Real School Success Beyond Black and White
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ISBN: 9780195325232

ISBN-10: 0195325230

ISBN-13: 9780195325232

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Authors: Prudence L. Carter

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Why are so many African American and Latino students performing less well than their Asian and White peers in classes and on exams? Researchers have argued that African American and Latino students who rebel against "acting white" doom themselves to lower levels of scholastic, economic, and social achievement. In Keepin' It Real: School Success beyond Black and White, Prudence Carter turns the conventional wisdom on its head arguing that what is needed is a broader recognition of the unique cultural styles and practices that non-white students bring to the classroom. Based on extensive interviews and surveys of students in New York, she demonstrates that the most successful negotiators of…

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List price: $32.99
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/29/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 9.09" wide x 5.98" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments


Introduction: Minding the Gap: Race, Ethnicity, Achievement and Cultural Meanings



Beyond Belief: Acculturation, Accommodation and Non-compliance



""Black"" Cultural Capital and the Conflicts of Schooling



Between a ""Soft"" and a ""Hard"" Place: Gender, Ethnicity, and Culture in the School and at Home



Next Door Neighbors: The Intersections of Gender and Pan-Minority Identity



New ""Heads"" and Multicultural Navigators: Race, Ethnicity, Poverty and Social Capital



School Success Has No