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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797301403321

Autore

Rossiter Caleb S.

Titolo

Ain't nobody learnin nothin : the fraud and the fix in high-poverty schools / / Caleb Rossiter

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Algora Publishing, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-62894-104-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (262 p.)

Disciplina

371.90973

Soggetti

Poor children - Education - United States

Children with social disabilities - Education - United States

Poverty - United States

Academic achievement - United States

School improvement programs - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

""Front ""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Author�s Note""; ""Preface: No, I�m Not Kidding""; ""Chapter 1. Yes, There Is an Answer""; ""PART I. THE FRAUD""; ""Chap ter 2. Phony Grades""; ""Chapter 3. The Culture of Bla ck Poverty""; ""Chap ter 4. The Trauma of Bla ck Poverty""; ""Chapter 5. The Parents""; ""Chap ter 6. The Teachers""; ""Chapter 7. The Testing Class""; ""Chap ter 8. The Sports Trap for the Poor Bla ck Student""; ""Chap ter 9. Charter Schools : More of the Same""; ""PART 2. THE FIX""; ""Chapter 10. Tell the Truth: Eval uations that Work""

""Chap ter 11. Education for (Middle-Class ) Life""""Chap ter 12. The Choice: Was hington or Du Bois, Vocational or Coll ege Prep?""; ""Chap ter 13. Triage: Remediation for Misbehavior and Academic Shortfall""; ""Chap ter 14. Strengthening the Family: Jobs and Early Supp ort""; ""Chap ter 15. Thirty Years is Certainly Enough""; ""Index""