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The color of mind : why the origins of the achievement gap matter for justice / Derrick Darby and John L. Rury.
LIBRA LC2731 .D37 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Darby, Derrick, 1967- author.
- Rury, John L., 1951- author.
- Series:
- History and philosophy of education
- The history and philosophy of education series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--Education--United States.
- African Americans.
- Educational equalization--United States.
- Educational equalization.
- Academic achievement--Social aspects.
- Academic achievement.
- African Americans--Education.
- United States.
- Academic achievement--Social aspects--United States.
- Discrimination in education--United States.
- Discrimination in education.
- Social justice--United States.
- Social justice.
- Physical Description:
- 202 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2018.
- Summary:
- American students vary in educational achievement, but white students in general typically have better test scores and grades than black students. Why is this the case, and what can school leaders do about it? In The Color of Mind, Derrick Darby and John L. Rury answer these pressing questions and show that we cannot make further progress in closing the achievement gap until we understand its racist origins. Telling the story of what they call the "Color of Mind"-the idea that there are racial differences in intelligence, character, and behavior-Darby and Rury uncover the historical interplay between ideas about race and American schooling, to show clearly that the racial achievement gap has been socially and institutionally constructed. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Introduction: What school leaders need to know
- The racial achievement gap
- The color of mind: constructing racial differences in intellect, character, and conduct
- The color of schooling: constructing the racial achievement gap
- Voices of dissent: dispelling an inglorious fallacy
- "A tangle of pathology": the color of mind takes a cultural turn
- What schools cannot fix: poverty, inequality, and segregation
- Old poison in new bottles: how the color of mind thrives in schools and affects achievement
- Why we sort kids in school
- Unjust schools: why the origins of the achievement gap matter.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780226525211
- 022652521X
- 9780226525358
- 022652535X
- OCLC:
- 990288941
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