Reaching Higher

Reaching Higher
ISBN-10
0674045041
ISBN-13
9780674045040
Category
Education
Pages
359
Language
English
Published
2009-06-30
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Author
Rhona S. Weinstein

Description

Drawing upon a generation of research on self-fulfilling prophecies in education, Reaching Higher argues that our expectations of children are often too low. Weinstein shows that children typed early as "not very smart" can go on to accomplish far more than is expected of them by an educational system with too narrow a definition of ability. She faults the system, pointing out that teachers themselves are harnessed by policies that do not enable them to reach higher for all children.

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