Unfinished Business: Closing the Racial Achievement Gap in Our Schools

Preface.

Preface to the Paperback Edition.

The Editors.

Part One: The Structure and Culture of Inequality in Schools.

Introduction: Unfinished Business: Closing the Achievement Gap at Berkeley High School (Pedro A. Noguera, Jean Yonemura Wing).

1 Structuring Inequality at Berkeley High (Beth C. Rubin, Jean Yonemura Wing, Pedro A. Noguera, Emma Haydée Fuentes, Daniel D. Liou, Alicia P. Rodriguez, Lance T. McCready).

2 Integration Across Campus, Segregation Across Classrooms: A Close-up Look at Privilege (Jean Yonemura Wing).

3 The Discipline Gap and the Normalization of Failure (Anne Gregory, Kysa Nygreen, Dana Michiko Moran).

Part Two: Agency in the Fight for Equity.

4 Changing Teacher Practice and Student Outcomes (Pharmicia M. Mosely).

Teacher Voices: Dana Michiko Moran, LaShawn Routé Chatmon, Miriam Klein Stahl, Tamara Friedman, Leslie Anne Plettner, Susannah Bell, Magi Discoe, James Dopman

5 Creating Demand for Equity: Transforming the Role of Parents in Schools (LaShawn Routé Chatmon, Katrina Scott-George, Anne K. Okahara, Emma Haydée Fuentes, Jean Yonemura Wing, Pedro A. Noguera)

Parent Voices: Isabel M. Parra, Julina Bastidas-Bonilla, Michael D. Miller, Juana Villegas, Vikki C. Davis, Liz Fuentes, Valerie B. Yerger.

6 Songs of Experience: Student Reflections on Four Years at Berkeley High (Elena Silva)

Student Voices: Nabila Lee Lester, Joseph Christiano, Jimmy Thong Tran, Pranoumphone (Pam) Pradachith, Jamie E. McMaryion, Shabnam Piryaei, Niles Xi’an Lichtenstein.

Conclusion: Lessons Learned: The Limits and Possibilities of Using Research to Counter Racial Inequality (Pedro A. Noguera).

Epilogue: Finishing School (Jabari Mahiri).

References.

Index.