The Color of Success: Race and High-Achieving Urban Youth

by Pedro A. Noguera and Gilberto Conchas

Through students' own voices and perspectives, this book reveals how and why some racial minorities achieve academic success, despite limited opportunity. Based on the experiences of Black, Latino, and Vietnamese urban high school students, the author provides a revealing comparative analysis that offers insight into how schools can create opportunities and safe learning environments where youth acquire real goals, expectations, and tangible pathways...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807746614
• ISBN13: 9780807746615
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Teachers College Press
• Length: 147 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 9.0"