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Shiller, Jessica T. – Peter Lang Publishing Group, 2016
Since the year 2000, the population of people of color and of poor families in the suburbs has been rapidly increasing, making these areas far more diverse than they were a generation ago. Along with the increase in diversity has come re-segregation, leaving some schools with very high concentrations of low-income students and students of color,…
Descriptors: Suburban Schools, Low Income Students, Minority Group Students, School Segregation
Ogbu, John U. – 2003
This book addresses the black-white achievement gap from an ethnographic, qualitative perspective. By focusing on middle class black students and documenting their experiences, it demonstrates that the problems black students encounter in school are much more pervasive than the literature and prevailing wisdom suggest and that class-based analyses…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Cultural Differences, Discipline
Rossman, Gretchen B.; And Others – 1988
This book examines educators' norms, beliefs, and values in case studies of three "improving" high schools. The distinction between "sacred" and "profane" norms in the teaching profession is applied to the relationships among school culture, improvement efforts, and the effectiveness of change strategies. Schools'…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Anthropology, Educational Change, Educational Environment