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Multiplication Is For White People: Raising Expectations for Other People´s Children
Lisa Delpit
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Multiplication is for White People' is a passionate reminder that there is no achievement gap at birth. Poor teaching, negative stereotypes and a curriculum that does not adequately connect to poor children's lives conspire against the prospects of poor children of colour. From reception classes and on through the university years, Delpit brings the topic of educating other people's children into the twenty-first century, outlining a blueprint for raising expectations based on a simple premise: that all aspects of advanced education are for everyone.'
Multiplication is for White People' is a passionate reminder that there is no achievement gap at birth. Poor teaching, negative stereotypes and a curriculum that does not adequately connect to poor children's lives conspire against the prospects of poor children of colour. From reception classes and on through the university years, Delpit brings the topic of educating other people's children into the twenty-first century, outlining a blueprint for raising expectations based on a simple premise: that all aspects of advanced education are for everyone.'
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The New Press United States
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
Number of Pages
234
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781595588982
SKU
V9781595588982
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99-15
Reviews for Multiplication Is For White People: Raising Expectations for Other People´s Children
Praise for Lisa Delpit and Multiplication Is for White People”: [Delpit] focuses urgently on the issue of expectationand the solutions she proposes feel both simple and radical.” The Boston Globe [Delpit] is a keen student of the way that ideas and practices take on new meanings in cultural contexts, including the context of unequal power.” ... Read more