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Ain't nobody be learnin' nothin' : the fraud and the fix for high-poverty schools / Caleb Stewart Rossiter.

Author/creator Rossiter, Caleb S.
Format Book and Print
Publication Info New York : Algora Publishing, [2015]
Descriptionx, 254 pages ; 23 cm
Subject(s)
Contents Preface : No I'm not kidding -- Yes, there is an answer -- Phony grades -- The culture of black poverty -- The trauma of black poverty -- The parents -- The teachers -- The testing class : no administrator, politician, reformer, or dollar left behind -- The sports trap for the poor black student -- Charter schools : more of the same -- Tell the truth : evaluations that work -- Education for (middle-class) life -- The choice : Washington or Du Bois, vocational or college prep -- Triage : remediation for misbehavior and academic shortfall -- Strengthening the family : jobs and early support.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other formElectronic version: Rossiter, Caleb S. Ain't nobody learnin nothin. New York : Algora Publishing, 2015
LCCN 2014048301
ISBN9781628941029 (soft cover ; alk. paper)
ISBN1628941022 (soft cover ; alk. paper)
ISBN9781628941036 (hard cover ; alk. paper)
ISBN1628941030 (hard cover ; alk. paper)
ISBN(ebook)

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Joyner General Stacks LC4091 .R675 2015 ✔ Available Place Hold