Class and schools : using social, economic, and educational reform to close the Black-white achievement gap / Richard Rothstein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rothstein, Richard.

Contributor:

Economic Policy Institute.

Columbia University. Teachers College.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education--Demographic aspects--United States.

Education.

Education--Demographic aspects.

United States.

Academic achievement--United States.

Academic achievement.

Educational equalization--United States.

Educational equalization.

Physical Description:

xi, 210 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

[New York, N.Y.] : Teachers College, Columbia University ; Washington, D.C. : Economic Policy Institute, [2004]

Summary:

Contemporary public policy assumes that the achievement gap between black and white students could be closed if only schools would do a better job. In this book, the author points the way toward social and economic reforms that would give all children a more equal chance to succeed in school.

Contents:

Social class, student achievement, and the black-white achievement gap

Schools that 'beat the demographic odds'

Standardized testing and cognitive skills

The social class gap in non-cognitive skills

Reforms that could help narrow the gap.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-200).

ISBN:

1932066098

9781932066098

0807745561

9780807745564

OCLC:

55626314