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"Multiplication is for white people" : raising expectations for other people's children / Lisa Delpit.

Author/creator Delpit, Lisa
Other author/creatorProQuest (Firm)
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoNew York : New Press, 2012.
Descriptionxvii, 224 pages : illustrations
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Subject(s)
Contents There is no achievement gap at birth -- Infinite capacity -- Stuff you never would say : the ingredients of successful elementary classrooms -- Warm demanders : the importance of teachers in the lives of children of poverty -- Skin-deep learning : teaching those who learn differently -- "I don't like it when they don't say my name right" : why "reforming" can't mean "whitening" -- Picking up the broom : demanding critical thinking -- How would a fool do it? : assessment -- Shooting hoops : what can we learn about the drive for excellence? -- Invisibility, disidentification, and negotiating blackness on campus -- Will it help the sheep? : university and community.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2011042727

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