Title "Multiplication is for white people" : raising expectations for other people's children / Lisa Delpit.

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New York : New Press : Distributed by Perseus Distribution, 2012.

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Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction	379.2 D385	Check Shelf
Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction	379.26 DEL	Check Shelf
New Britain, Jefferson Branch - Adult Department	379.26 D38	Check Shelf
University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location	379.26 D363M	Check Shelf
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Description	xx, 224 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references.
Contents	Introduction: Yes, Diane, I'm still angry -- There is no achievement gap at birth -- Infinite capacity -- Stuff you never would say: successful literacy instruction in elementary classrooms -- Warm demanders: the importance of teachers in the lives of children of poverty -- Skin-deep learning: teaching those who learn differently -- "I don't like it when they don't say my name right": why "reforming" can't mean "whitening" -- Picking up the broom: demanding critical thinking -- How would a fool do it? Assessment -- Shooting hoops: what can we learn about the drive for excellence? -- Invisibility, disidentification, and negotiating blackness on campus -- Will it help the sheep? University, community, and purpose.
Summary	Presents a striking picture of the elements of contemporary public education that conspire against the prospects for poor children of color, creating a persistent gap in achievement during the school years that has eluded several decades of reform.
Subject	Educational equalization -- United States.
	Academic achievement -- United States.
	African American students.
	Minorities -- Education -- United States.
	Students with social disabilities -- Education -- United States.
	United States -- Race relations.
	Education -- Aims and objectives.
	Academic achievement -- United States.
	African Americans -- Education.
	Minorities -- Education -- United States.
	At risk students -- Education.
	United States -- Race relations.
ISBN	9781595580467
	1595580468
	9781595588982
	1595588981

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