Schooling for Resilience: Improving the Life Trajectory of Black and Latino Boys

by Edward Fergus, Margary Martin, Pedro Noguera

As a group, Black and Latino boys face persistent and devastating disparities in achievement when compared to their White counterparts: they are more likely to obtain low test scores and grades, be categorised as learning disabled, be absent from honours and gifted programmes, and be overrepresented among students who are suspended and expelled from school. They are also less likely to enroll in colege and more likely to drop out. Put simply, they...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1612506747
• ISBN13: 9781612506746
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Harvard Education PR
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"