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    <body><![CDATA[For any of you who are educators struggling with NCLB and its insistence on tests as a measure of learning, chapter two of this book is for you!  After I finished the book, I wrote an e-mail to Pres. Obama suggesting that he get Beverly Tatum and Arne Duncan together to talk over a beverage of their...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66559235">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is based on a lecture series and at times reads more like a speech than a book.   But it contains some EXCELLENT and clearly explained information about the interplay between race and education in America today.    Moving beyond theory, Tatum also outlines specific interventions and progra...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45100656">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[the historical sections are well researched and presented, but the proposed solutions - conferences where we &quot;talk about the issues&quot;? administrators who write lofty-worded &quot;mission statements&quot;? - are dubious at best.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a book all teachers should read.  Not only did it provide me with a helpful account of the history of segregation, resegregation and racism in American schools, it also convicted me personally, as it helped to reveal things I take for granted in my own teaching. Had it not been assigned in m...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26834769">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I wish that I had read this book in high school, but I'm glad I read it at all -- BDT's other book, <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/search/search?q=Why Are all the black kids sitting together in the cafeteria?" title="Why Are all the black kids sitting together in the cafeteria?">Why Are all the black kids sitting together in the cafeteria?</a> gave me great insight into myself, and this one gave me great insight into the system of which I am a part, namely, formalized education. ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5384841">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book consists of a few lectures that Dr. Tatum gave at Simmons college. I think she addresses a lot of extremely complext topics in a very approachable and easily understanable manner. I really recommend it to anyone who is working in a job or community where they often find themselves thinking...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10912139">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Essential reading on race (especially in education). Tatum has a great way of stating thing clearly, and of being forceful and direct without writing a polemic. This book has been incredibly helpful in my attempts to learn how to communicate more clearly about my own experiences and thoughts on race...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2535261">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Compared to Tatum's previous book, Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?, this book is just not as much in depth.  It does have some new information and is worth skimming; the other is worth reading slowly and attentively.]]></body>
    
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