Closing the Achievement Gap
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Closing the Achievement Gap: A Vision for Changing Beliefs and Practices
By Belinda WilliamsChapters in this book, based on the efforts of the Urban Education National Network Task Force, define the nature of obstacles to the academic performance of urban students and identify, validate, and disseminate a knowledge base of theory ...
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Closing the Achievement Gap: How to Reach Limited-formal-schooling and Long-term English Learners
By Yvonne S. Freeman, David E. Freeman, Sandra MercuriStruggling older English learners pose a real challenge for educators. Some of these students are new arrivals with limited or interrupted schooling. Others have been in and out of ESL...
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Closing the Achievement Gap: A Special Issue of the Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk
By Samuel C. StringfieldThis is followed by a study that illustrates the difference in academic performance between low-income children and their peers, minority children and their classmates, and those schools that serve a majority of children from low-income ...
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Closing the Achievement Gap: Reaching and Teaching High Poverty Learners: 101 Top Strategies to Help High Poverty Learners Succeed
By Tiffany Chane'l AndersonOffers strategies for educators who want to increase performance standards of African American students in high poverty environments, including increasing parental involvement, setting high expectations, and teaching listening skills.
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Closing the Achievement Gap: A Vision for Changing Beliefs and Practices
By Association for Supervision and Curriculum DevelopmentLooks at ways to improve teaching and learning in urban schools.
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Closing the Achievement Gap: A Special Issue of the journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk
By Samuel C. StringfieldThis is followed by a study that illustrates the difference in academic performance between low-income children and their peers, minority children and their classmates, and those schools that serve a majority of children from low-income ...
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Closing the Achievement Gap: No Excuses
By Patricia DavenportClosing the Achievement Gap: No Excuses