{"product_id":"digital-divisions-matthew-h-rafalow-9780226726557","title":"Digital Divisions: How Schools Create Inequality in the Tech Era","description":"In the digital age, schools are a central part of a nationwide effort to make access to technology more equitable, so that all young people, regardless of identity or background, have the opportunity to engage with the technologies that are essential to modern life. Most students, however, come to school with digital knowledge they've already acquired from the range of activities they participate in with peers online. Yet, teachers, as Matthew H. Rafalow reveals in \u003ci\u003eDigital Divisions\u003c\/i\u003e, interpret these technological skills very differently based on the race and class of their student body. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e While teachers praise affluent White students for being \"innovative\" when they bring preexisting and sometimes disruptive tech skills into their classrooms, less affluent students of color do not receive such recognition for the same behavior. Digital skills exhibited by middle class, Asian American students render them \"hackers,\" while the creative digital skills of working-class, Latinx students are either ignored or earn them labels troublemakers. Rafalow finds in his study of three California middle schools that students of all backgrounds use digital technology with sophistication and creativity, but only the teachers in the school serving predominantly White, affluent students help translate the digital skills students develop through their digital play into educational capital. \u003ci\u003eDigital Divisions\u003c\/i\u003e provides an in-depth look at how teachers operate as gatekeepers for students' potential, reacting differently according to the race and class of their student body. As a result, Rafalow shows us that the digital divide is much more than a matter of access: it's about how schools perceive the value of digital technology and then use them day-to-day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Matthew H. Rafalow\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 022672655X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226726557\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/03\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.56d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2021","brand":"Matthew H. Rafalow","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43993731367167,"sku":"9780226726557","price":85.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c97a4f21-9f41-4c79-9a22-9d65baee8c12.jpg?v=1683325987","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/digital-divisions-matthew-h-rafalow-9780226726557","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}