"Multiplication is for White People"

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Publisher : The New Press
Total Pages : 258
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ISBN-10 : 9781595580467
ISBN-13 : 1595580468
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Book Synopsis "Multiplication is for White People" by : Lisa Delpit

Download or read book "Multiplication is for White People" written by Lisa Delpit and published by The New Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Delpit explores a wide range of little-known research that conclusively demonstrates there is no achievement gap at birth and argues that poor teaching, negative stereotypes about African American intellectual inferiority, and a curriculum that still does not adequately connect to poor children's lives all conspire against the education prospects of poor children of color.

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