| Details | | Publication Date: | 1990-01-01 | | Edition Description: | Reprint |
| Size | | Length: | 255 pages | | Height: | 7.8 in | | Width: | 5.3 in | | Thickness: | 0.5 in | | Weight: | 7.2 oz |
Publisher's Note Remedial, illiterate, intellectually deficient--these are the stigmas that define the educational underclass to which Mike Rose once belonged. Here, he tells of his personal journey from a Los Angeles ghetto to a major research university, bringing a vital challenge to those who must shape America's educational agenda.
Rose challenges educators, policy makers, and parents to examine the way we teach and measure language and literacy, the way we define ability and achievement, and the current demands for basics and "cultural literacy" tests.
Industry Reviews "Simply the best book... on American education." Sullivan
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