TY  - BOOK
AU  - Harris,Angel L.
TI  - Kids Don't Want to Fail: Oppositional Culture and the Black-White Achievement Gap
SN  - 9780674060999
AV  - LC2717 
U1  - 371.82996073 
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Harvard University Press
KW  - African American students
KW  - Academic achievement-United States
KW  - Educational equalization-United States
KW  - Minorities-Education-United States
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Introduction to Oppositional Culture -- 2. Discrimination and Barriers: Basis for Black Cynicism toward Schooling -- 3. Origins of Youth Perceptions of Opportunity on Academic Achievement -- 4. Effects of Youth Perceptions of Opportunity on Academic Achievement -- 5. Racial Differences in Academic Orientation of Youth -- 6. Should Blacks Become Raceless to Improve Achievement? -- 7. Shifting the Focus Away from Culture and toward Prior Skills -- 8. Does Marginalization Equal Resistance to Schooling? A Class-Based Analysis -- 9. Refocusing Understanding of Racial Differences in Academic Outcomes -- Appendix A: Note of Caution about Testing -- Appendix B: Sources of Data -- Appendix C: Methodological Appendix -- Appendix D: Description of Measures -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index
N2  - 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
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