Race in the Schoolyard: Negotiating the Color Line in Classrooms and Communities

Amanda Lewis is making some noise with her book Race in the Schoolyard. Her thought provoking work takes us into the classrooms of 3 elementary schools revealing the hidden curriculum that is being taught each day- race. Through a series of interviews and observations, Amanda Lewis sheds light on students, teachers, and administrators, and their culturally incompetent attitudes towards race and the harmful affect that it has, not only on minorities, but those of the macro culture as well. Through deep analysis, she goes on to explain how the educational institution, which is an agent of socialization has a responsibility to tackle race head on, so that positive attitudes are developed and perpetuated later in life.

Interesting book. Gives perspectives of race from urban, suburban and rural school districts. There are multiple student, teacher, and parent accounts of the significance of race, no matter where you're from. This book can be hard to follow at times, but it is a great book to consider. I used this book for a college elective course about diversity in the classroom.

Great perspectives on three schools in Cali, each with a new side to Lewis's views on race.

Great Book, very informative.

The book was packaged well and arrived on time. Perhaps I miss read the item description, but I was surprised (and disappointed) that a lot of text has been highlighted. Fortunately it is just yellow highlighting. Otherwise, the book is good.