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Title Unfinished business : closing the racial achievement gap in our schools / Pedro A. Noguera, Jean Yonemura Wing, editors.

Publication Info. San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, a Wiley imprint, [2006]
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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  379.26 U56U    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description xviii, 318 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-310) and index.
Contents Part one: the structure and culture of inequality in schools -- Introduction: unfinished business : closing the achievement gap at Berkeley High School / Pedro A. Noguera, Jean Yonemura Wing -- 1. Structuring inequality at Berkeley High / Beth C. Rubin ... [et al.] -- 2. Integration across campus, segregation across classrooms : a close-up look at privilege / Jean Yonemura Wing -- 3. The discipline gap and the normalization of failure / Anne Gregory, Kysa Nygreen, Dana Moran -- Part two: Agency in the fight for equity -- 4. Changing teacher practice and student outcomes / Pharmicia Mosely -- Teacher voices / Dana Moran ... [et al.] -- 5. Creating demand for equity : transforming the role of parents in schools / LaShawn Routé-Chatmon ... [et al.] -- Parent voices : Isabel Parra ... [et al.] -- 6. Songs of experience : student reflections on four years at Berkeley High / Elena Silva -- Student voices / Nabila Lester ... [et al.] -- Conclusion : lessons learned : the limits and possibilities of using research to counter racial inequality / Pedro A. Noguera -- Epilogue : Finishing school / Jabari Mahiri.
Subject Educational equalization -- United States.
Academic achievement -- United States.
Minorities -- Education -- United States.
Added Author Noguera, Pedro.
Wing, Jean Yonemura, 1949-
ISBN 0787972754 alkaline paper
9780787972752
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