Despite the Best Intentions How Racial Inequality Thrives in Good Schools

Informationen zum Autor John Diamond is the Hoefs-Bascom Professor of Education at the University of Wisconsin - Madison School of Education. Amanda Lewis is an associate professor of sociology at Emory University. Klappentext A rich and disturbing portrait of the achievement gap that persists more than fifty years after the formal dismantling of segregation Zusammenfassung A rich and disturbing portrait of the achievement gap that persists more than fifty years after the formal dismantling of segregation Inhaltsverzeichnis PREFACE CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 2 - RACE, OPPOSITIONAL CULTURE, AND SCHOOL OUTCOMES: ARE WE BARKING UP THE WRONG TREE? CHAPTER 3 - THE ROAD TO DETENTION IS PAVED WITH GOOD INTENTIONS: RACE AND DISCIPLINE AT RIVERVIEW CHAPTER 4 - "IT'S LIKE TWO HIGH SCHOOLS: " RACE, TRACKING, AND PERFORMANCE EXPECTATIONS CHAPTER 5 - OPPORTUNITY HOARDING: CREATING AND MAINTAINING RACIAL ADVANTAGE CHAPTER 6 - CONCLUSION APPENDIX A REFERENCES

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• Authors: Amanda E. Lewis, John B. Diamond, Diamond John, Amanda Lewis, John Diamond, Lewis Amanda, John (Associate Professor Diamond, Amanda (Associate Professor of Sociology Lewis, Amanda E Lewis, John B Diamond, Diamond, John Lewis Diamond, John/ Lewis Diamond
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 24.09.2015
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology
• EAN: 9780195342727
• ISBN: 978-0-19-534272-7
• Pages: 272
• Series: Transgressing Boundaries: Studies in Black Politics and Black Communities; Transgressing Boundaries: Stud
• Subjects: USA, Ethnic Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, EDUCATION / Administration / General, EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, Political science & theory, Organization & management of education, Educational administration and organization, United States of America, USA, Political science and theory, Black & Asian Studies, Multicultural education, Educational strategies and policy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General