No Excuses: Closing the Racial Gap in Learning

Thernstrom, Abigail; Thernstrom, Stephan

ISBN 10: 0743204468 / ISBN 13: 9780743204460

Published by Simon & Schuster, 2003

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: No Excuses: Closing the Racial Gap in Learning
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0743204468
• ISBN 13: 9780743204460
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: New
• Dimensions: 6.46W x 9.48H x 1.03D inches 6.46 inches width by 9.48 inches height by 1.03 inches depth
• Weight: 18.4 ounces
• Seller catalogs:
  • Education
  • Non-Fiction
  • Social Science

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Synopsis

A concerned appraisal of the racial gap in education today cites educational inequalities as a central civil rights issue, highlighting inner-city schools that demonstrate models of educational excellence while suggesting ways that educational problems can be overcome.

About the Author

Abigail Thernstrom is a member of the Massachusetts State Board of Education, a commissioner on the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, and a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute in New York. She is the author of Whose Votes Count? Affirmative Action and Minority Voting Rights and, with her husband, Stephan, of America in Black and White: One Nation, Indivisible.