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Unfinished Business
Closing the Racial Achievement Gap in Our Schools
Pedro A. Noguera (Edited by), PA Noguera (Author), Jean Yonemura Wing (Edited by)
9780470384442, Wiley
Paperback / softback, published 22 August 2008
352 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.458 kg
In this groundbreaking book, co-editors Pedro Noguera and Jean Yonemura Wing, and their collaborators investigated the dynamics of race and achievement at Berkeley High School–a large public high school that the New York Times called "the most integrated high school in America." Berkeley's diverse student population clearly illustrates the "achievement gap" phenomenon in our schools. Unfinished Business brings to light the hidden inequities of schools–where cultural attitudes, academic tracking, curricular access, and after-school activities serve as sorting mechanisms that set students on paths of success or failure.
Acknowledgments v Preface ix Preface to the Paperback Edition xvii The Editors xxvii Part One: The Structure and Culture of Inequality in Schools 1 Introduction: Unfinished Business: Closing the Achievement Gap at Berkeley High School 3 1 Structuring Inequality at Berkeley High 29 2 Integration Across Campus, Segregation Across Classrooms: A Close-up Look at Privilege 87 3 The Discipline Gap and the Normalization of Failure 121 Part Two: Agency in the Fight for Equity 151 4 Changing Teacher Practice and Student Outcomes 153 5 Creating Demand for Equity: Transforming the Role of Parents in Schools 201 6 Songs of Experience: Student Reflections on Four Years at Berkeley High 247 Conclusion: Lessons Learned: The Limits and Possibilities of Using Research to Counter Racial Inequality 281 Epilogue: Finishing School 297 References 305 Index 311
Pedro A. Noguera, Jean Yonemura Wing
Beth C. Rubin, Jean Yonemura Wing, Pedro A. Noguera, Emma Haydée Fuentes, Daniel D. Liou, Alicia P. Rodriguez, Lance T. McCready
Jean Yonemura Wing
Anne Gregory, Kysa Nygreen, Dana Michiko Moran
Pharmicia M. Mosely
Teacher Voices: Dana Michiko Moran, LaShawn Routé Chatmon, Miriam Klein Stahl, Tamara Friedman, Leslie Anne Plettner, Susannah Bell, Magi Discoe, James Dopman
LaShawn Routé Chatmon, Katrina Scott-George, Anne K. Okahara, Emma Haydée Fuentes, Jean Yonemura Wing, Pedro A. Noguera
Parent Voices: Isabel M. Parra, Julina Bastidas-Bonilla, Michael D. Miller, Juana Villegas, Vikki C. Davis, Liz Fuentes, Valerie B. Yerger
Elena Silva
Student Voices: Nabila Lee Lester, Joseph Christiano, Jimmy Thong Tran, Pranoumphone (Pam) Pradachith, Jamie E. McMaryion, Shabnam Piryaei, Niles Xi’an Lichtenstein
Pedro A. Noguera
Jabari Mahiri
Subject Areas: Education [JN]
