Kids Don't Want to Fail: Oppositional Culture and the Black-Whit

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ISBN: 0674057724 EAN: 9780674057722

Publisher: Harvard University Press (View Publisher's Titles)

US SRP: $ 35.00 US

Binding: Hardcover

Pub Date: June 13, 2011

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"Kids Don't Want to Fail" uses empirical evidence to refute the widely accepted hypothesis that the black-white achievement gap in secondary schools is due to a cultural resistance to schooling in the black community. The author finds that inadequate elementary school preparation--not negative attitude--accounts for black students' underperformance.