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21) Teaching with poverty in mind: what being poor does to kids' brains and what schools can do about it
Author
Publisher
ASCD
Language
English
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Description
Covers why and how the effects of poverty have to be addressed in classroom teaching and school and district policy. Topics include what poverty does to children's brains and why students raised in poverty are especially subject to stressors that undermine school behavior and performance.
Author
Series
Research on economic inequality volume 16
Publisher
Emerald Group Publishing
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Corwin
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"The book will consider what leaders can do to secure principled school and system improvement which fully embraces diversity, equity, and equality. It will also dispel some myths about reform at scale and challenge some prevailing ideas about educational change that, it will be posited, are not helping many young people to reach their potential. Too many school and system improvement initiatives have not paid sufficient attention to equity issues...
32) How schools shortchange girls: the AAUW report : a study of major findings on girls and education
Publisher
AAUW Educational Foundation
Pub. Date
1992.
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Language
English
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Description
On the surface, Riverview High School looks like the post-racial ideal. Serving an enviably affluent and diverse district, the school is well-funded, its teachers are well-trained, and many of its students are high-achieving. Yet Riverview has not escaped the same question that plagues schools throughout America: why is it that even when all of the circumstances seem right, black and Latina/o students continue to lag behind their peers? The authors...
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Series
Fastback volume 372
Publisher
Phi Delta Kappa Educational Foundation
Pub. Date
[1994]
Language
English
Series
Studies in inclusive education volume Volume 47
Publisher
Brill Sense
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English