Kids Don't Want to Fail Oppositional Culture and the Black-White Achievement Gap

Name: Kids Don't Want to Fail Oppositional Culture and the Black-White Achievement Gap
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ISBN: 9780674057722

ISBN-10: 0674057724

ISBN-13: 9780674057722

Edition: 2011

Authors: Angel L. Harris

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Book details

List price: $46.00
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 6/13/2011
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 336
Size: 6.13" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.364
Language: English

Michael S. Neiberg is Professor of History at the United States Army War College.Angel L. Harris is Professor of Sociology and African and African American Studies at Duke University.



Preface



Introduction to Oppositional Culture



Discrimination and Barriers: Basis for Black Cynicism toward Schooling



Origins of Youth Perceptions of Opportunity and Academic Investment



Effects of Youth Perceptions of Opportunity on Academic Achievement



Racial Differences in Academic Orientation of Youth



Should Blacks Become Raceless to Improve Achievement?



Shifting the Focus Away from Culture and toward Prior Skills



Does Marginalization Equal Resistance to Schooling? A Class-Based Analysis



Refocusing Understanding of Racial Differences in Academic Outcomes



Note of Caution about Testing



Sources of Data



Methodological Appendix



Description of Measures


Notes


Bibliography


Acknowledgments


Index