No excuses : closing the racial gap in learning / Abigail Thernstrom and Stephan Thernstrom. [print]

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Simon and Schuster, (c)2003.Description: xv, 334 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • LC3731.T411.N649 2003
  • LC3731
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • COPYRIGHT NOT covered - Click this link to request copyright permission:
Contents:
Tests matter -- Great teaching: Building academic skills -- Not by math alone -- Culture matters: Asians -- Hispanics -- Blacks -- The conventional wisdom: Send money -- Racial isolation -- Teacher quality -- Serious effort, limited results -- Congress strikes out -- Raising the bar -- Roadblocks to change.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) G. Allen Fleece Library CIRCULATING COLLECTION Non-fiction LC3731.T455 2003 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31923001093935

Includes bibliographies and index.

The problem: Left behind -- Tests matter -- Great teaching: Building academic skills -- Not by math alone -- Culture matters: Asians -- Hispanics -- Blacks -- The conventional wisdom: Send money -- Racial isolation -- Teacher quality -- Serious effort, limited results -- Congress strikes out -- Raising the bar -- Roadblocks to change.

COPYRIGHT NOT covered - Click this link to request copyright permission:

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.