TY - BOOK AU - Thernstrom,Abigail M. AU - Thernstrom,Stephan TI - No excuses: closing the racial gap in learning AV - LC3731.T411.N649 2003 PY - 2003/// CY - New York PB - Simon and Schuster KW - Minority students KW - United States KW - Academic achievement KW - Educational equalization KW - Education KW - Social aspects N1 - 2; 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; 2 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/simon052/2003054439.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/simon041/2003054439.html ER -