| Unfinished Business: Closing the Racial Achievement Gap in Our Schools Contributor(s): Noguera, Pedro A. (Editor), Wing, Jean Yonemura (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0470384441 ISBN-13: 9780470384442 Publisher: Wiley OUR PRICE: $17.06 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2008 Annotation: After four years of investigating the dynamics of race and achievement at Berkeley High School, the authors reveal the hidden inequities of schools--where cultural attitudes, academic tracking, curricular access, after-school activities, and more serve as sorting mechanisms that set students on predetermined paths of success or failure. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Multicultural Education - Education | Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects - Education | Administration - General |
| Dewey: 379.26 |
| Physical Information: 0.98" H x 6.06" W x 8.98" (0.95 lbs) 352 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Multicultural |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this groundbreaking book, co-editors Pedro Noguera and Jean Yonemura Wing, and their collaborators investigated the dynamics of race and achievement at Berkeley High School-a large public high school that the New York Times called the most integrated high school in America. Berkeley's diverse student population clearly illustrates the achievement gap phenomenon in our schools. Unfinished Business brings to light the hidden inequities of schools-where cultural attitudes, academic tracking, curricular access, and after-school activities serve as sorting mechanisms that set students on paths of success or failure. |