Description
Lisa Delpit’s “Other People’s Children”–which has sold more than a quarter-million copies to date–is a paradigm-shifting, highly acclaimed exploration of the cultural slippage between white teachers and students of color. In her long-awaited and now bestselling second book, “”Multiplication Is for White People,” “”” the award-winning educator reflects on the last fifteen years of reform efforts–including No Child Left Behind, standardized testing, alternative teacher certification paths, and the charter school movement–that have left a generation of poor children of color feeling that higher educational achievement is not for them. Hailed as “illuminating” (“Publishers Weekly”), “thought-provoking”(“Harvard Educational Review”), and a “much-needed review of the American educational system” (“Kirkus Reviews”), “”Multiplication Is for White People”” is a passionate reminder that there is no achievement gap at birth. Poor teaching, negative stereotypes, and a curriculum that does not adequately connect to poor children’s lives conspire against the prospects of poor children of color. From K-12 classrooms through the college years, Delpit brings the topic of educating other people’s children into the twenty-first century, outlining a blueprint for raising expectations based on a simple premise: that all aspects of advanced education are for everyone.
