The color of mind : why the origins of the achievement gap matter for justice / Derrick Darby and John L. Rury.

By:

Darby, Derrick, 1967- [author.]

Contributor(s):

Rury, John L, 1951- [author.]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780226525495
022652549X

Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Color of mind.DDC classification:

371.829/96073 23

LOC classification:

LC2731 .D37 2018eb

Online resources:

EBSCOhost

Contents:

Introduction: What school leaders need to know -- The racial achievement gap -- The color of mind: constructing racial differences in intellect, character, and conduct -- The color of schooling: constructing the racial achievement gap -- Voices of dissent: dispelling an inglorious fallacy -- "A tangle of pathology": the color of mind takes a cultural turn -- What schools cannot fix: poverty, inequality, and segregation -- Old poison in new bottles: how the color of mind thrives in schools and affects achievement -- Why we sort kids in school -- Unjust schools: why the origins of the achievement gap matter.

Summary: "American students vary in educational achievement, but white students in general typically have better test scores and grades than black students. Why is this the case, and what can school leaders do about it? In The Color of Mind, Derrick Darby and John L. Rury answer these pressing questions and show that we cannot make further progress in closing the achievement gap until we understand its racist origins. elling the story of what they call the Color of Mind--the idea that there are racial differences in intelligence, character, and behavior--they show how philosophers, such as David Hume and Immanuel Kant, and American statesman Thomas Jefferson, contributed to the construction of this pernicious idea, how it influenced the nature of schooling and student achievement, and how voices of dissent such as Frederick Douglass, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, and W.E.B. Du Bois debunked the Color of Mind and worked to undo its adverse impacts. Rejecting the view that racial differences in educational achievement are a product of innate or cultural differences, Darby and Rury uncover the historical interplay between ideas about race and American schooling, to show clearly that the racial achievement gap has been socially and institutionally constructed."--Publisher's description.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"American students vary in educational achievement, but white students in general typically have better test scores and grades than black students. Why is this the case, and what can school leaders do about it? In The Color of Mind, Derrick Darby and John L. Rury answer these pressing questions and show that we cannot make further progress in closing the achievement gap until we understand its racist origins. elling the story of what they call the Color of Mind--the idea that there are racial differences in intelligence, character, and behavior--they show how philosophers, such as David Hume and Immanuel Kant, and American statesman Thomas Jefferson, contributed to the construction of this pernicious idea, how it influenced the nature of schooling and student achievement, and how voices of dissent such as Frederick Douglass, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, and W.E.B. Du Bois debunked the Color of Mind and worked to undo its adverse impacts. Rejecting the view that racial differences in educational achievement are a product of innate or cultural differences, Darby and Rury uncover the historical interplay between ideas about race and American schooling, to show clearly that the racial achievement gap has been socially and institutionally constructed."--Publisher's description.

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