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Unfinished Business: Closing the Racial Achievement Gap in Our Schools
ISBN: 978-0-7879-7275-2
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336 pages
March 2006, Jossey-Bass
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Acknowledgments.

Preface.

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 Fuentes, Daniel 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 Moran).

Part Two: Agency in the Fight for Equity.

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

Teacher Voices: Dana Moran, LaShawn Routé-Chatmon, Miriam K. Stahl, Tamara Friedman, Leslie 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 Fuentes, Jean Yonemura Wing, Pedro A. Noguera).

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

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

Student Voices: Nabila Lester, Joey Christiano, Jimmy Thong Tran, Pranoumphone (Pam) Pradachith, Jamie 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.

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