{"product_id":"unfinished-business-isbn-9780470384442","title":"Unfinished Business","description":"In this groundbreaking book, co-editors Pedro Noguera and Jean Yonemura Wing, and their collaborators investigated the dynamics of race and achievement at Berkeley High School–a large public high school that the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e called \"the most integrated high school in America.\" Berkeley's diverse student population clearly illustrates the \"achievement gap\" phenomenon in our schools. \u003ci\u003eUnfinished Business\u003c\/i\u003e brings to light the hidden inequities of schools–where cultural attitudes, academic tracking, curricular access, and after-school activities serve as sorting mechanisms that set students on paths of success or failure. \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments v\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface to the Paperback Edition xvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Editors xxvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart One: The Structure and Culture of Inequality in Schools 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Unfinished Business: Closing the Achievement Gap at Berkeley High School 3\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePedro A. Noguera, Jean Yonemura Wing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Structuring Inequality at Berkeley High 29\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBeth C. Rubin, Jean Yonemura Wing, Pedro A. Noguera, Emma Haydée Fuentes, Daniel D. Liou, Alicia P. Rodriguez, Lance T. McCready\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Integration Across Campus, Segregation Across Classrooms: A Close-up Look at Privilege 87\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJean Yonemura Wing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The Discipline Gap and the Normalization of Failure 121\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnne Gregory, Kysa Nygreen, Dana Michiko Moran\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Two: Agency in the Fight for Equity 151\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Changing Teacher Practice and Student Outcomes 153\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePharmicia M. Mosely\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eTeacher Voices: Dana Michiko Moran, LaShawn Routé Chatmon, Miriam Klein Stahl, Tamara Friedman, Leslie Anne Plettner, Susannah Bell, Magi Discoe, James Dopman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Creating Demand for Equity: Transforming the Role of Parents in Schools 201\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLaShawn Routé Chatmon, Katrina Scott-George, Anne K. Okahara, Emma Haydée Fuentes, Jean Yonemura Wing, Pedro A. Noguera\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eParent Voices: Isabel M. Parra, Julina Bastidas-Bonilla, Michael D. Miller, Juana Villegas, Vikki C. Davis, Liz Fuentes, Valerie B. Yerger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Songs of Experience: Student Reflections on Four Years at Berkeley High 247\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eElena Silva\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eStudent Voices: Nabila Lee Lester, Joseph Christiano, Jimmy Thong Tran, Pranoumphone (Pam) Pradachith, Jamie E. McMaryion, Shabnam Piryaei, Niles Xi’an Lichtenstein\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion: Lessons Learned: The Limits and Possibilities of Using Research to Counter Racial Inequality 281\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePedro A. Noguera\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEpilogue: Finishing School 297\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJabari Mahiri\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 305\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 311\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eTHE EDITORS  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePEDRO A. NOGUERA\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor in the Steinhardt School of Education at New York University, the executive director of the Metropolitan Center for Urban Education, and the co-director of the Institute for the Study of Globalization and Education in Metropolitan Settings (IGEMS).  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJEAN YONEMURA WING\u003c\/b\u003e is affiliated with UC ACCORD (University of California All Campus Consortium on Research for Diversity) and is a researcher in the Oakland Unified School District.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFRESH INSIGHT ON RACIAL DYNAMICS AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN SCHOOLS\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eUnfinished Business\u003c\/i\u003e illuminates the challenges in overcoming the current inequities in public education. Fifty years after Brown v. Board of Education, this book exposes a 'tale of two schools' where students walk through the same high school doors but remain racially and academically segregated within—a condition mirrored in urban schools and districts across the nation. The authors offer a hopeful, yet urgent, call to invest in youth on the front side of life and to hold fast to the vision of a future where all children can truly learn, achieve, and dream to their highest potential.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—REVEREND JESSE L. JACKSON, SR.,\u003c\/b\u003e president and founder, Rainbow\/PUSH Coalition \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"It should concern us deeply as scholars, policymakers, and practitioners that at one of our nation's best schools—one that is deemed as 'working' and highly successful according to official accounts—children's destinies are no less circumscribed by race and class. This book contains a clear wake-up call in its masterful account of deep and abiding commitments to educational equity.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—ANGELA VALENZUELA,\u003c\/b\u003e Haskew Centennial Professor, Department of Curriculum \u0026amp; Instruction and Center for Mexican American Studies, University of Texas at Austin \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"It's a powerful experience to immerse oneself in this book. The many voices of teachers—and even of kids and families—reveal that many inequities remain hidden in our schools. \u003ci\u003eUnfinished Business\u003c\/i\u003e shows that there's work to be done, and provokes us into thinking more deeply about answers.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—DEBORAH MEIER,\u003c\/b\u003e senior scholar, New York University, and founding principal of Central Park East schools in Harlem and Mission Hill in Roxbury\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jossey-Bass","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990435119333,"sku":"NP9780470384442","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780470384442.jpg?v=1761787818","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/unfinished-business-isbn-9780470384442","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}