Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface : No I'm not kidding
  • Yes, there is an answer
  • Phony grades
  • The culture of black poverty
  • The trauma of black poverty
  • The parents
  • The teachers
  • The testing class : no administrator, politician, reformer, or dollar left behind
  • The sports trap for the poor black student
  • Charter schools : more of the same
  • Tell the truth : evaluations that work
  • Education for (middle-class) life
  • The choice : Washington or Du Bois, vocational or college prep
  • Triage : remediation for misbehavior and academic shortfall
  • Strengthening the family : jobs and early support.