Narrowing the Achievement Gap (eBook)

Schools and Parents Can Do It

William Alfred Sampson (Autor)

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2013 | 2nd Edition
186 Seiten
R&L Education (Verlag)
978-1-61048-949-2 (ISBN)

Infos

While it is quite clear that black and Latino students in general, and poor black and poor Latino students in particular do not do as well as white students in school, the road to real solutions to this very important and vexing problem is far from clear. Some champion vouchers and charter schools as the ideal solution, despite strong data suggesting that neither is particularly effective. Others point to smaller classes. Increasingly scholars and politicians support more accountability on the part of teachers, despite the reality that teachers do not have a great deal of control over much that influences performance. This book addresses the various ';solutions', and suggests that any solution to the gap that ignores the role of families is limited at best, and misguided at worst.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.

Autor

William Alfred Sampson is a professor of public policy at DePaul University in Chicago. His current research addresses racial and social class differences in academic achievement and the efficacy of various solutions to that achievement gap.

Inhalt

PrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction- Family Changes and School ChangesPart 1 Race, Class, and Educational Achievement1 Research Methods2 Initial ObservationsPart 2 Intervention For Academic Success3 Kendra Allen-Starving For Attention4 Ida Smith- Struggling to Obey5 Jason Green-Help Outside of Home6 Anita Terry-Confrontation and Self –Esteem Issues7 Juan Luis Martienez-Acting Out, But With Some Support8 Jose Rosales-Mannerly and Considerate9 Federico and Jose Luis Villar-Struggling With Tragedy10 Changing Class: What Have We Learned?11 Choice and Real ChoicesAppendix Sample Curriculum and Intervention NotesBibliographyAbout the Author

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 2.10.2013
• Zusatzinfo: 5 Illustrations including: - 5 Tables.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Schulbuch / Allgemeinbildende Schulen
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Bildungstheorie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Didaktik
• ISBN-10: 1-61048-949-7 / 1610489497
• ISBN-13: 978-1-61048-949-2 / 9781610489492