Narrowing the Achievement Gap: Schools and Parents Can Do It
- ISBN-10
- 1610489497
- ISBN-13
- 9781610489492
- Series
- Narrowing the Achievement Gap
- Category
- Education
- Pages
- 186
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-10-02
- Publisher
- R&L Education
- Author
- William Alfred Sampson
Description
The book details an effort to help poor black and poor Latino families learn to do the things necessary to help their children to do better in school, and argues that this family centered approach, while complicated, should be considered along side the school centered efforts.
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- 2017-04-21
- 170 pages
- Ebook
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- 2008-11-01
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- 2007-06-04
- 210 pages
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