| Description |
1 online resource (229 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Advancing Equity and Achievement in America's Diverse Schools; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I Understanding Educational Equity and Achievement in America; 1 A Nation (of Students) at Risk: The Political Rhetoric of Equity and Achievement in US Education Reform; 2 NCLB's Intensifying Makeover: Race to the Top's Troubling Changes to Rules, Incentives, and Practice; 3 Examining Teacher Quality, Educational Policy, and English Learners in Latina/o Growth States |
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4 Cultural Work and Demographically Changing Schools: New Opportunities for Transformative LeadershipPart II: Affirming Multiple Dimensions of Diversity in Schools; 5 Religious Diversity, Multiculturalism, and Representation: The Challenge of Facing Islam in the Classroom; 6 Marginalized Sexualities in Public Schools: The Need for Activist Educators; 7 Disrupting Deficit Views: Latina/o and Native American Youth Constructing Cultural, Linguistic, and Learner Identities; 8 Teacher Identities in Transition: Perspectives from ESL International Teachers |
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Part III: Fostering Collaboration and Partnerships9 Attending to Urban Teacher Development through a School-University Partnership: The Case of South Kilbourne Elementary School; 10 Reducing Achievement Gaps and Increasing the School Success of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students with Special Needs Using the Comprehensive Support Model; 11 Policy Intersections in "Real Lives": Families Experiencing Homelessness and School-Related Matters; 12 New Horizons for Urban Teacher Preparation and Parent Engagement in the Post-Civil Rights South; 13 Conclusion; List of Contributors; Index |
| Summary |
Advancing Equity and Achievement in America's Diverse Schools illustrates how educators, students, families and community partners can work in strategic ways to build on social, cultural, and ethnic diversity to advance educational equity and achievement. By drawing on the latest data on demographic change, constructions of culture and cultural difference, and the politics of school reform in urban, rural, and suburban school communities, this volume looks toward solutions and strategies for meaningful educational improvement. Contributors consider both the diversity |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Horsford, Sonya Douglass
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| ISBN |
9781136202148 |
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1136202145 |
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