Kids Don't Want to Fail: Oppositional Culture and the Black-White Achievement Gap

by Angel L. Harris

Understanding the causes of the racial achievement gap in American education--and then addressing it with effective programs--is one of the most urgent problems communities and educators face.

For many years, the most popular explanation for the achievement gap has been the "oppositional culture theory" the idea that black students underperform in secondary schools because of a group culture that devalues learning and sees academic effort...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674057724
• ISBN13: 9780674057722
• Release Date: June 2011
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.2"