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Cross, Beverly E. – Theory Into Practice, 2007
This article uses the metaphor of the achievement gap to make transparent, discuss, and critique the analytical frame/lens used in the articles to analyze urban education. Doing such an analysis is essential to producing an additional lens that has utility in theory and practice. It facilitates a historical analysis of urban education and leads to…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Urban Schools, Racial Segregation, Academic Achievement