Subtitle: Through Culturally Responsive Teaching. In this book the author presents the results of her in-depth study of a group of teachers in grade 3-8 who managed to radically narrow the achievement gap between their black and white students by using a set of culturally responsive strategies in their classrooms. McKinley uses the educator's own words and illustrative "virtual walkthroughs" of lessons in action to examine these strategies in detail.

Setting and maintaining clear expectations for content mastery -- Student-teacher social interactions -- Classroom climate -- Classroom management -- Curriculum and instructional design -- Classroom-based assessment -- Cultural competence -- Cultural congruence in instruction -- Cooperative group instruction -- Procedures for rehearsal, processing, and transfer of learning.