Despite the Best Intentions: How Racial Inequality Thrives in Good Schools, 2nd Edition

Author:   Amanda E. Lewis (Distinguished Professor of Black Studies and Sociology, Distinguished Professor of Black Studies and Sociology, University of Illinois at Chicago) ,  John B. Diamond (Ford Foundation Professor of Sociology and Education Policy, Ford Foundation Professor of Sociology and Education Policy, Brown University)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
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9780197557068


Pages:   312
Publication Date:   18 August 2024
Format:   Hardback
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Despite the Best Intentions: How Racial Inequality Thrives in Good Schools, 2nd Edition


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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.

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Author:   Amanda E. Lewis (Distinguished Professor of Black Studies and Sociology, Distinguished Professor of Black Studies and Sociology, University of Illinois at Chicago) ,  John B. Diamond (Ford Foundation Professor of Sociology and Education Policy, Ford Foundation Professor of Sociology and Education Policy, Brown University)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
ISBN:  

9780197557068


ISBN 10:   0197557066
Pages:   312
Publication Date:   18 August 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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"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"

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Amanda E. Lewis is Director of the Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy & College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and Distinguished Professor of Black Studies and Sociology at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Her research focuses on how race shapes educational opportunities and on how our ideas about race get negotiated in everyday life. She has received numerous grants and awards including from the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, Spencer Foundation, Russell Sage Foundation, MacArthur Foundation, Field Foundation, and the American Sociological Association. Dr. Lewis lectures and consults regularly on issues of racial and educational equity and contemporary forms of racism. John B. Diamond is Ford Foundation Professor of Sociology and Education Policy at Brown's Department of Sociology and Annenberg Institute for School Reform, where he directs the Center of Work on Race and Education. A sociologist of race and education, he studies the relationship between social inequality and educational opportunity, examining how educational leadership, policies, and practices operate through school organizations to shape students' educational opportunities and outcomes. An engaged scholar, Diamond has helped create space for community-engaged scholarship in sociology and education. He was elected to the National Academy of Education in 2023 and is an American Educational Research Association Fellow.

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