The point of departure for this new edition, as it was for the first, is the unacceptable reality that, for students of color, school is often not a place to learn but a place of low expectations and failure.
This second edition has been considerably expanded with chapters that illuminate the Asian American, Native American, and Latina/o experience, including tha.
In urban Schools with concentrations of poverty, often fewer than half the ninth graders leave with a high school diploma.
The point of departure for this new edition, as it was for the first, is the unacceptable reality that, for students of color, school is often not a place to learn but a place of low expectations and failure