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

Kids Don't Want to Fail: Oppositional Culture and the Black-White Achievement Gap
ISBN-10
0674057724
ISBN-13
9780674057722
Category
Education
Pages
335
Language
English
Published
2011-06-13
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Author
Angel L. Harris

Description

Kids Don’t Want to Fail uses empirical evidence to refute the widely accepted hypothesis that the black-white achievement gap in secondary schools is due to a cultural resistance to schooling in the black community. The author finds that inadequate elementary school preparation—not negative attitude—accounts for black students’ underperformance.

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