03452oam 2200673I 450 991082130590332120240418055411.01-135-62553-01-135-62554-91-282-37439-797866123743951-4106-0718-610.4324/9781410607188 (CKB)111056486645546(EBL)345098(OCoLC)476161083(SSID)ssj0000112729(PQKBManifestationID)11830372(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000112729(PQKBWorkID)10087253(PQKB)10133195(MiAaPQ)EBC345098(Au-PeEL)EBL345098(CaPaEBR)ebr10231531(OCoLC)52234751(EXLCZ)9911105648664554620180706d2003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBlack American students in an affluent suburb a study of academic disengagement /John U. Ogbu1st ed.Mahwah, N.J. :L. Erlbaum Associates,2003.1 online resource (341 p.)Sociocultural, political, and historical studies in educationDescription based upon print version of record.0-8058-4516-X 0-8058-4515-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgment and Dedication; Introduction; I: Black Academic Achievement and Its Explanations; 1 Black-White Academic Achievement Gap; 2 Academic Disengagement in Shaker Heights; 3 Explaining the Academic Gap; Conventional and Alternative Explanations; II: Societal and School Factors; 4 Race Relations; 5 Pygmalion in History, Society, and School; 6 Leveling; 7 Counselors, Teachers, and Discipline; III: Community Forces; 8 Opportunity Structure: Schooling and Getting Ahead; 9 Collective Identity, Culture, and Language; 10 Peer Pressures11 The Family12 Community Forces and Academic Disengagement: A Summary of Findings; 13 Policy Implications; References; Author Index; Subject IndexJohn Ogbu has studied minority education from a comparative perspective for over 30 years. The study reported in this book--jointly sponsored by the community and the school district in Shaker Heights, Ohio--focuses on the academic performance of Black American students. Not only do these students perform less well than White students at every social class level, but also less well than immigrant minority students, including Black immigrant students. Furthermore, both middle-class Black students in suburban school districts, as well as poor Black students in inner-city schools are not doing weSociocultural, political, and historical studies in education.African AmericansEducationSocial aspectsAcademic achievementUnited StatesEducational equalizationUnited StatesAfrican AmericansEducationSocial aspects.Academic achievementEducational equalization371.829/96/073Ogbu John U.442817FlBoTFGFlBoTFGBOOK9910821305903321Black American students in an affluent suburb252657UNINA