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"As schools catch up to the digital age, they are part of a nationwide effort to close gaps in access to technology, also known as the 'digital divide,' so that young people from all parts of society have the opportunities that access to technology provides. Most students, however, already come to school with digital knowledge honed through activities with friends online. In Digital Divisions, Matthew H. Rafalow reveals that these digital skills are...

Based on examination of four school districts facing the prospect of court-ordered detracking, this book challenges fundamental assumptions about the opportunities for equity-minded education reform. The author studies districts across the country in San Jose, California; Wilmington, Delaware; Woodland Hills, Pennsylvania; and Rockford, Illinois. These case studies show how white upper middle class parents exercised a disproportionate amount of power...

About 2.4 million children and young adults under 24 years of age are undocumented. Brought by their parents to the US as minors, many before they had reached their teens, they account for about one-sixth of the total undocumented population. Illegal through no fault of their own, some 65,000 undocumented students graduate from the nation's high schools each year. They cannot get a legal job, and face enormous barriers trying to enter college to better...

American universities are once again the scene of angry controversy. This time it is the politics of race and sex that has sparked a wave of bitter confrontations. Some of these disputes have made national headlines; many more go unreported. They may appear to be unrelated cases of excessive zeal. But as the author argues in this firsthand report from today's deeply troubled American campus, the conflicts are the fruit of a coherent ideology that...