{"product_id":"bus-kids-ira-w-lit-9780300105797","title":"Bus Kids: Children's Experiences with Voluntary Desegregation","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Bus Kids\u003c\/i\u003e offers a compelling and uniquely detailed examination of the experiences of kindergarten students in California participating in a voluntary school desegregation program. Ira Lit focuses on the day-to-day school life of a group of minority children bussed from their poor-performing home school district to an affluent neighboring district with high-performing schools. Through these kindergarteners' experiences, the book sensitively illuminates the processes of school transition, socialization, and adaptation, and addresses an array of important issues relating to American education.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLit acutely observes these \"bus kids\" and the quality of their social, emotional, cultural, and academic experiences. He presents a moving picture of the complexity of challenges, often unrecognized by teachers and parents, each young student confronted every day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ira W. Lit\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300105797\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300105797\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.70w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/20\/2009 pg. 20","brand":"Ira W. Lit","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47425002701055,"sku":"9780300105797","price":63.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ad7b4c1c-2227-4e97-9991-fc9180a59bd9.jpg?v=1761536326","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/bus-kids-ira-w-lit-9780300105797","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}