Twice as Less: Black English and the Performance of Black Students in Mathematics and Science

Author/Contributor(s):	Orr, Eleanor
Publisher:	W. W. Norton & Company
Date:	10/17/1997
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

Does Black English stand between black students and success in math and science? Eleanor Wilson Orr, a teacher for over 35 years, discovered that many of her students' difficulties were rooted in language., and she offers here an account of the program she established to help them reach their potential. In the light of the current debate over Ebonics, she has written an introduction for the reissue of this important study.