Educational Opportunity in an Urban American High School: A Cultural Analysis
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Focusing on issues of equity and opportunity in one urban high school, the book reveals how prominent American cultural values—in particular, students', teachers', and administrators' conceptions of educational opportunity—undermined the education that students received.
This five-year ethnographic study examines issues of educational opportunity at Russell High, a multiethnic school in the city of Eastown. Focusing on the beliefs and values of students, teachers, and administrators, this st...




















