| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 320 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Sociocultural, political, and historical studies in education
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Sociocultural, political, and historical studies in education.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Black Academic Achievement and Its Explanations -- Black-White Academic Achievement Gap -- Academic Disengagement in Shaker Heights -- Explaining the Academic Gap; Conventional and Alternative Explanations -- Societal and School Factors -- Race Relations -- Pygmalion in History, Society, and School -- Leveling -- Counselors, Teachers, and Discipline -- Community Forces -- Opportunity Structure: Schooling and Getting Ahead -- Collective Identity, Culture, and Language -- Peer Pressures -- The Family -- Community Forces and Academic Disengagement: A Summary of Findings -- Policy Implications. |
| Summary |
The study reported in this book focuses on the academic performance of Black American students. Not only do these students perform less well than White students at every social class level, but also less well than immigrant minority students, including Black immigrant students. |
| Awards |
American Educational Studies Association Critics' Choice Award, 2003. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
African Americans -- Education -- Social aspects.
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African Americans -- Education -- Social aspects. |
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African Americans -- Education. |
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Academic achievement -- United States.
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Academic achievement. |
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United States. |
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Educational equalization -- United States.
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Educational equalization. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Ogbu, John U. Black American students in an affluent suburb. Mahwah, N.J. : L. Erlbaum Associates, 2003 0805845151 (DLC) 2002032692 (OCoLC)50447642 |
| ISBN |
1410607186 (electronic book) |
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9781410607188 (electronic book) |
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9780805845150 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0805845151 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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080584516X (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9780805845167 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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