Contents -- Acknowledgments -- ONE: Beginnings -- TWO: The Canford Program -- THREE: The Bus Kids -- FOUR: Friends -- FIVE: The Obstacle Course of Schooling -- SIX: Leopards and Chameleons -- SEVEN: The Grown-Ups -- EIGHT: Teaching Styles -- NINE: The Road Ahead -- Appendix: Notes on Method -- Notes -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V
Summary
This text offers a detailed examination of the experiences of kindergarten students in California participating in a voluntary school desegregation programme. Ira Lit focuses on the school life of a group of minority children bussed from their poor-performing home school district to an affluent district with high-performing schools
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-205) and index