ISBN: 0674057724 EAN: 9780674057722
Publisher: Harvard University Press (View Publisher's Titles)
US SRP: $ 35.00 US
Binding: Hardcover
Pub Date: June 13, 2011
Annotation:
"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.