Abigail Thernstrom, Stephan Thernstrom

No Excuses

Closing the Racial Gap in Learning

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The distinguished authors of "American in Black and White" offer a "meticulously documented and powerfully written" ("The Boston Globe") book that examines the troubling racial gap that persists in American education. 48 pieces of line art.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Simon & Schuster
• Seitenzahl: 354
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 603g
• ISBN-13: 9780743265225
• ISBN-10: 074326522X
• Artikelnr.: 21082878

Autorenporträt

Abigail Thernstrom and Stephan Thernstrom

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
List of Figures
Introduction
1 The Problem
One: Left Behind
2 Great Teaching
Three: Building Academic Skills
Four: Not by Math Alone
3 Culture Matters
Five: Asians
Six: Hispanics
Seven: Blacks
4 The Conventional Wisdom
Eight: Send Money
Nine: Racial Isolation
Ten: Teacher Quality
5 Serious Effort, Limited Results
Eleven: Congress Strikes Out
Twelve: Raising the Bar
Thirteen: Roadblocks to Change
Conclusion
Notes
Index