ANGEL L. HARRIS
Copyright Date: 2011
Published
by: Harvard University Press
https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt24hjp5
Book Description:
Kids Don’t Want to Fail uses empirical evidence to refute the widely accepted hypothesis that the black-white achievement gap in secondary schools is due to a cultural resistance to schooling in the black community. The author finds that inadequate elementary school preparation—not negative attitude—accounts for black students’ underperformance.
eISBN: 978-0-674-06099-9
Subjects: Sociology, Education