Narrowing the Achievement Gap

Schools and Parents Can Do It

William Alfred Sampson (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

186 Seiten

2013 | 2nd edition
Rowman & Littlefield Education (Verlag)
978-1-61048-947-8 (ISBN)

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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.

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.

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction- Family Changes and School Changes
Part 1 Race, Class, and Educational Achievement
1 Research Methods
2 Initial Observations
Part 2 Intervention For Academic Success
3 Kendra Allen-Starving For Attention
4 Ida Smith- Struggling to Obey
5 Jason Green-Help Outside of Home
6 Anita Terry-Confrontation and Self –Esteem Issues
7 Juan Luis Martienez-Acting Out, But With Some Support
8 Jose Rosales-Mannerly and Considerate
9 Federico and Jose Luis Villar-Struggling With Tragedy
10 Changing Class: What Have We Learned?
11 Choice and Real Choices
Appendix Sample Curriculum and Intervention Notes
Bibliography
About the Author

Zusatzinfo	5 tables
Sprache	englisch
Maße	157 x 236 mm
Gewicht	399 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Bildungstheorie
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Didaktik
ISBN-10	1-61048-947-0 / 1610489470
ISBN-13	978-1-61048-947-8 / 9781610489478
Zustand	Neuware