The bus kids : children's experiences with voluntary desegregation /

The bus kids : children's experiences with voluntary desegregation /

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Author / Creator:	Lit, Ira W.
Imprint:	New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2009.
Description:	1 online resource (xi, 211 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	School integration -- California -- Case studies. Kindergarten -- California -- Case studies. Minorities -- Education -- California -- Case studies. Kindergarten. Minorities -- Education. School integration. California. Electronic books. Case studies. Case studies.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11299897

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ISBN:	9780300153279 0300153279 0300105797 9780300105797 1282352733 9781282352735
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-205) and index. Print version record.
Summary:	"The Bus Kids offers a compelling and uniquely detailed examination of the experiences of kindergarten students in California participating in a voluntary school desegregation program. Ira Lit focuses on the day-to-day school life of a group of minority children bussed from their poor-performing home school district to an affluent neighboring district with high-performing schools. Through these kindergarteners' experiences, the book sensitively illuminates the processes of school transition, socialization, and adaptation, and addresses an array of important issues relating to American education." "Lit acutely observes these "bus kids" and the quality of their social, emotional, cultural, and academic experiences. He presents a moving picture of the complexity of challenges, often unrecognized by teachers and parents, each young student confronted every day."--Jacket
Other form:	Print version: Lit, Ira W. Bus kids. New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2009 9780300105797

Table of Contents:

Frontmatter
Contents
Acknowledgments
I. Beginnings
II. The Canford Program
III. The Bus Kids
IV. Friends
V. The Obstacle Course of Schooling
VI. Leopards and Chameleons
VII. The Grown-Ups
VIII. Teaching Styles
IX. The Road Ahead
Appendix
Notes
References
Index.