The Black-White Achievement Gap The Black-White Achievement Gap

The Black-White Achievement Gap

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Publisher Description

When it comes to race in America, we must face one uncomfortable but undeniable fact. Almost 50 years after the birth of the civil rights movement, inequality still reigns supreme in our classrooms. At a time when African-American students trail their white peers on academic tests and experience high dropout rates, low college completion rates, and a tendency to shy away from majors in hard sciences and mathematics, the Black-White achievement gap in our schools has become the major barrier to racial equality and social justice in America. In fact, it is arguably the greatest civil rights issue of our time. The Black-White Achievement Gap is a call to action for this country to face up to and confront this crisis head on. Renowned former Secretary of Education Rod Paige believes we can close this gap. In this thought-provoking book, he and Elaine Witty trace the history of the achievement gap, discuss its relevance to racial equality and social justice, examine popular explanations, and offer suggestions for the type of committed leadership and community involvement needed to close it. African-American leaders need to rally around this important cause if we are to make real progress since students’ academic performance is a function not only of school quality, but of home and community factors as well. The Black-White Achievement Gap is an unflinching and long overdue look at  the very real problem of racial disparity in our schools and what we must do to solve it.

GENRE
Professional & Technical
RELEASED
2010
1 February
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
240
Pages
PUBLISHER
AMACOM
SELLER
HarperCollins Australia Pty Limited
SIZE
1.5
MB
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