Despite the Best Intentions
How Racial Inequality Thrives in Good Schools, 2nd Edition
Series: Transgressing Boundaries: Studies in Black Politics and Black Communities;
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Product details:
- Edition number 2
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 24 April 2025
- ISBN 9780197557075
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages312 pages
- Size 233x161x17 mm
- Weight 449 g
- Language English 698
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Short description:
In this updated second edition, Amanda E. Lewis and John B. Diamond build on their powerful and illuminating study of Riverview to show how the racial achievement gap continues to afflict American schools sixty years after the formal dismantling of segregation. The new edition includes new chapters that highlight what has changed and what remains the same at Riverview and explore how the lessons from the book can inform school change efforts.
MoreLong description:
On the surface, Riverview High School looks like an exemplar of an integrated community. Serving an affluent and diverse district, the school is well-funded, its teachers are well-trained, and many of its students are high-achieving. Yet Riverview has not escaped the same question that plagues schools throughout America: why is it that even when all of the circumstances seem right, racial disparities in key outcomes persist? In this updated second edition, Amanda E. Lewis and John B. Diamond build on their powerful and illuminating study of Riverview to show how the "racial achievement gap" continues to afflict American schools sixty years after the formal dismantling of segregation. The second edition includes new chapters that highlight what has changed and what remains the same at Riverview and explore how the lessons from the book can inform school change efforts. Lewis and Diamond present a complex story of concerted efforts to transform educational opportunities in Riverview, alongside persistent resistance to those efforts. Most crucially, they challenge many common explanations of the racial disparities in educational outcomes exploring what race actually means in the school context, and how it matters.
MoreTable of Contents:
Acknowledgments
Preface: Despite the Best Intentions 2nd Edition
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Race, Oppositional Culture, and School Outcomes: Are We Barking Up the Wrong Tree?
Chapter 3: The Road to Detention Is Paved with Good Intentions: Race and Discipline at Riverview
Chapter 4: "It's Like Two High Schools": Race, Tracking, and Performance Expectations
Chapter 5: Opportunity Hoarding: Creating and Maintaining Racial Advantage
Chapter 6: Conclusion
Chapter 7: Revisiting Riverview
Chapter 8: What To Do Now
Appendix: Short Summary of Research Methods
Notes
References
About the Authors
Index
