Because of Race: How Americans Debate Harm and Opportunity in Our Schools

Because of Race: How Americans Debate Harm and Opportunity in Our Schools [Course Book ed.] 9781400829019

In Because of Race, Mica Pollock tackles a long-standing and fraught debate over racial inequalities in America's s

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Because Writing Matters: Improving Student Writing in Our Schools [1 ed.] 0787980676, 2005032612

This updated edition of the best-selling book Because Writing Matters reflects the most recent research and reports on t

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Toxic Wealth: How the Culture of Affluence Can Harm Us and Our Children : How the Culture of Affluence Can Harm Us and Our Children 9780313359927, 9780313359910

Two therapists show how the culture of affluence in America creates unique problems for wealthy adults and children, oft

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The Kid Across the Hall: The Fight for Opportunity in Our Schools 9781503636118

Growing up, Reid was confused and disturbed by the radically different opportunities his best friend received. After a c

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Race at the Top: Asian Americans and Whites in Pursuit of the American Dream in Suburban Schools 9780226819334

An illuminating, in-depth look at competition in suburban high schools with growing numbers of Asian Americans, where wh

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How Schools Really Matter: Why Our Assumption about Schools and Inequality Is Mostly Wrong 9780226733364

Most of us assume that public schools in America are unequal—that the quality of the education varies with the location

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Unequal Opportunity : A Crisis in America's Schools? 9780313011382, 9780897897204

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What Is "Your" Race?: The Census and Our Flawed Efforts to Classify Americans 9781400846795

America is preoccupied with race statistics--perhaps more than any other nation. Do these statistics illuminate social r

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Race Policy and Multiracial Americans 9781447316497

Race Policy and Multiracial Americans is the first book to look at the impact of multiracial people on race policies—whe

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Teachers Versus the Public : What Americans Think about Schools and How to Fix Them 9780815725534, 9780815725527

A comprehensive exploration of 21st Century school politics, Teachers versus the Public offers the first comparison of t

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