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Up Where We Belong Gail L. Thompson (Claremont Graduate University)

Up Where We Belong By Gail L. Thompson (Claremont Graduate University)

Up Where We Belong by Gail L. Thompson (Claremont Graduate University)

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In Up Where We Belong, Gail Thompson asked the students in a low performing school to be candid about their high school experiences. Using this information and relying on data from questionnaires and focus groups, Thompson discovered a huge gap in perception between how teachers and students view their experience of school.

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Up Where We Belong: Helping African American and Latino Students Rise in School and in Life by Gail L. Thompson (Claremont Graduate University)

In Up Where We Belong, Gail Thompson asked the students in a low performing school to be candid about their high school experiences. Using this information and relying on data from questionnaires and focus groups, Thompson discovered a huge gap in perception between how teachers and students view their experience of school. The book explores this disparity, and uncovers some of the reasons for students low achievement, apathy, and frustration. Most important, she offers vital lessons for transforming schoolsespecially for underachieving kids and students of color.

Up Where We Belong Reviews

".a good read with practical points of consideration for those in the K-12 field of education." (Multicultural Review, Fall 2008)

"Most importantly, the author offers a variety of substantive suggestions for moving ahead students" (Coast Views)

About Gail L. Thompson (Claremont Graduate University)

Gail L. Thompson is associate professor ofeducation at Claremont Graduate University and a respected speaker, workshop presenter, and consultant. Her research has focused on beliefs and perceptions about African-American students. She is the author of Through Ebony Eyes: What Teachers Need to Know But Are Afraid to Ask About African American Students from Jossey-Bass, African American Teens Discuss Their Schooling Experiences and What African American Parents Want to Know. She is also co-author of Exposing the Culture of Arrogance in the Academy. She lives in Rialto, California.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments x

About the Author xi

Introduction 1

Part One: In the Classroom

1. You Can Tell If They Care: Why Students Need Caring and Highly Qualified Teachers 13

2. It Would Be Nice to Learn Something About My Culture: A Plea for a Culturally Relevant and More Interesting Education 38

3. It Dont Make No Sense to Give Us All These Tests: Student Effort, Achievement, and Attitudes About Standardized Tests 65

4. They Just Think Were Loud: How Discipline Policies and Practices Can Affect Students Attitudes About School 97

Part Two: On the Schoolyard

5. We Just Cant Seem to Get Along: Race Relations on Campus 131

6. You Dont Know If Theyre Gonna . . . Bust a Columbine on Everybody: Why Schools Wont Ever Be Entirely Safe 154

7. Everybodys Intimidated by Us: A Candid Conversation with African American Males 179

8. This Place Is Nasty: How the Schools Physical Environment Can Contribute to Student Apathy 206

Part Three: Out in the World: Beyond the Classroom and the Schoolyard

9. Yes! They Do Care About My Education: Parent Involvement in Schools 223

10. They Should Worry More About Our Future: Why Americas Stepchildren Need a College Preparatory Curriculum 245

11. The Truth Can Set Us Free! Seven Lessons Ive Learned About School Reform in America 266

Notes 291

Appendix A: Teacher Demographics 309

Appendix B: Student Demographics 310

Appendix C: Additional Information About the Student Questionnaire Respondents 311

Appendix D: Teacher Questionnaire Results 312

Appendix E: Student Questionnaire Results 319

Appendix F: Classroom Management Exercise 1 327

Appendix G: Classroom Management Exercise 2 328

Index 329

Additional information

NPB9780787995973
9780787995973
0787995975
Up Where We Belong: Helping African American and Latino Students Rise in School and in Life by Gail L. Thompson (Claremont Graduate University)
Gail L. Thompson (Claremont Graduate University)
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Hardback
John Wiley & Sons Inc
2007-05-11
352
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