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  • Despite the Best Intentions

    How Racial Inequality Thrives in Good Schools

    by Amanda E. Lewis, John B. Diamond ...
    Series series Transgressing Boundaries: Studies in Black Politics and Black Communities
    On the surface, Riverview High School looks like the post-racial ideal. Serving an enviably affluent, diverse, and liberal 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 unrelenting question that plagues schools throughout America: why is it that even when all of the circumstances seem right, ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Despite the Best Intentions

    How Racial Inequality Thrives in Good Schools

    by Amanda E. Lewis, John B. Diamond ...
    Series series Transgressing Boundaries: Studies in Black Politics and Black Communities
    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 ... Read more

    $16.19 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

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    Despite the Best Intentions

    How Racial Inequality Thrives in Good Schools

    by Amanda E. Lewis, John B. Diamond ...
    Narrated by David Sadzin ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 51 min

    On the surface, Riverview High School looks like the post-racial ideal. Serving an enviably affluent, diverse, and liberal 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 unrelenting question that plagues schools throughout America: why is it that even when all of the circumstances seem right, ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

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    Also available as: eBooks

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  • Arrested Justice

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  • The Social Foundations Reader

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  • The Economic Other

    Inequality in the American Political Imagination

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  • The Sociology of Education

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  • Leadership, Equity, and Social Justice in American Higher Education

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  • Just Practice

    A Social Justice Approach to Social Work

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