Adaptation to Minority Status and Impact on School Success.

Ogbu, John U.

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Publication Date: 1992

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Adaptation to Minority Status and Impact on School Success.

Ogbu, John U.

Theory into Practice, v31 n4 p287-95 Fall 1992

Examines community forces underlying the educational problems of African Americans and other voluntary and involuntary minorities. Community forces differentiate minority groups facing similar barriers in society and in schools. Options created by community forces allow choices of action that result in individual differences in schooling outcome. (SM)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, Black Students, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Literacy, Minority Groups, Outcomes of Education, Performance Factors, Racial Discrimination, Racial Identification, Social Influences, Sociocultural Patterns, Student Adjustment

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Language: English

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