EIGHT. Why We Sort Kids in School

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. INTRODUCTION. What School Leaders Need to Know 1
4. ONE. The Racial Achievement Gap 17
5. TWO. The Color of Mind: Constructing Racial Differences in Intellect, Character, and Conduct 29
6. THREE. The Color of Schooling: Constructing the Racial Achievement Gap 45
7. FOUR. Voices of Dissent: Dispelling an Inglorious Fallacy 63
8. FIVE. “A Tangle of Pathology”: The Color of Mind Takes a Cultural Turn 81
9. SIX. What Schools Cannot Fix: Poverty, Inequality, and Segregation 98
10. SEVEN. Old Poison in New Bottles: How the Color of Mind Thrives in Schools and Affects Achievement 111
11. EIGHT. Why We Sort Kids in School 128
12. NINE. Unjust Schools: Why the Origins of the Achievement Gap Matter 142
13. Acknowledgments 159
14. Notes 161
15. Index 197