The Color of Mind
Why the Origins of the Achievement Gap Matter for Justice
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Introduction: What School Leaders Need to Know
One The Racial Achievement Gap
Two The Color of Mind: Constructing Racial Differences in Intellect, Character, and Conduct
Three The Color of Schooling: Constructing the Racial Achievement Gap
Four Voices of Dissent: Dispelling an Inglorious Fallacy
Five “A Tangle of Pathology”: The Color of Mind Takes a Cultural Turn
Six What Schools Cannot Fix: Poverty, Inequality, and Segregation
Seven Old Poison in New Bottles: How the Color of Mind Thrives in Schools and Affects Achievement
Eight Why We Sort Kids in School
Nine Unjust Schools: Why the Origins of the Achievement Gap Matter
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index
Education: Education--Economics, Law, Politics | Education--General Studies | Pre-School, Elementary and Secondary Education
History: American History
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