"Multiplication is for White People" : : Raising Expectations for Other People's Children
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Call Number: 379.26 De, Adult Book / Nonfiction / Education / General / Delpit, Lisa
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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.
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.
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PUBLISHED
New York : Distributed by Perseus Distribution, 2012.
Year Published: 2012
Description: xx, 224 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781595588982 (softcover)
9781595580467
1595580468
SUBJECTS
Educational equalization.
Academic achievement.
African American students.
Minorities -- Education.
Students with social disabilities -- Education.
United States -- Race relations.