A Nation Empowered, Volume 2: Evidence Trumps the Excuses Holding Back America's Brightest Students

A Nation Empowered, Volume 2: Evidence Trumps the Excuses Holding Back America's Brightest Students
ISBN-10
0996160329
ISBN-13
9780996160322
Category
Education
Pages
287
Language
English
Published
2015-10-05
Publisher
University of Iowa Press
Authors
Susan G. Assouline, Ann Lupkowski-Shoplik, Joyce VanTassel-Baska

Description

This new report, A Nation Empowered: Evidence Trumps the Excuses Holding Back America's Brightest Students builds on the momentum of the 2004 report, A Nation Deceived: How Schools Hold Back America's Brightest Students. A Nation Deceived initiated a critical dialogue about academic acceleration, an under-used intervention. A Nation Deceived exposed to the nation the inconsistencies between research and practice and brought acceleration to prominence in the field. Volume 1 and 2 of A Nation Empowered: Evidence Trumps the Excuses Holding Back America's Brightest Students equips students, families, and educators with facts to refute biased excuses. A Nation Empowered shifts the impetus from conversation to action. Empowerement galvanizes determination with evidence. Volume 1 portrays the determination of students, educators, and parents to strive for excellence. Volume 2 reveals the evidence that trumps the excuses that hold bright students back.

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