Multiplication Is for White People: Raising Expectations for Other Peoplea's Children

by Lisa Delpit and Lisa D. Delpit

Book Overview

As MacArthur award-winning educator Lisa Delpit reminds us--and as all research shows--there is no achievement gap at birth. In her long-awaited second book, Delpit 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.

Delpit's bestselling and paradigm-shifting...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1595580468
• ISBN13: 9781595580467
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: New Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.3"