| Authors: |
Delpit, Lisa D.
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| Material type: |
Book |
| Subject: |
United States -- Race relations.
Educational equalization -- United States.
Academic achievement -- United States.
African American students.
Minorities -- Education -- United States.
Students with social disabilities -- Education -- United States.
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| Language: |
English |
| Publisher: |
New York : New Press : Distributed by Perseus Distribution, 2012. |
| Description: |
xx, 224 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9781595580467 1595580468 9781595588982 |
| Notes: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-224). |
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Republished as pbk. in 2013 by New Press. |
| Contents: |
There is no achievement gap at birth -- Infinite capacity -- Stuff you never would say : successful literacy instruction in elementary education -- Warm demanders : the importance of teachers in the lives of children of poverty -- Skin-deep learning : teaching those who learn differently -- "I don't like it when they don't say my name right" : why "reforming" can't mean "whitening" -- Picking up the broom : demanding critical thinking -- How would a fool do it? : assessment -- Shooting hoops : what can we learn about the drive for excellence? -- Invisibility, disidentification, and negotiating blackness on campus -- Will it help the sheep? : university, community, and purpose. |
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| Summary: |
Presents a striking picture of the elements of contemporary public education that conspire against the prospects for poor children of color, creating a persistent gap in achievement during the school years that has eluded several decades of reform. |