This Isn't the America I Thought I'd Find: African Students in the Urban U.S. High School

by Rosemary Traore and Robert J. Lukens

Book Overview

American society has long placed high expectations on our schools to advance this nation's prospects or to help resolve many of its ills. Throughout America's history, however, immigrant children have experienced difficulties adjusting to their new lives in our schools. This experience has been the fate of many African students who come to America with hopes of securing an excellent education, a better future, and a chance at the American dream; instead,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761834559
• ISBN13: 9780761834557
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: University Press of America
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"