" To expend so much of a teacher’s energy on keeping track of "points" related to noninstructional tasks, and to prevent any kind of deep instruction about what is being studied, can lead only to the lowest level of academic development. This is the reason we never see these prepackaged "teacher-proofed" programs in affluent schools, only in schools serving low-income children and children of color. "

― , "Multiplication Is for White People": Raising Expectations for Other People's Children