1st Edition
Closing the Achievement Gap A Special Issue of the journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk
Edited By Samuel C. Stringfield
Copyright 2004
136 Pages
by
Routledge
136 Pages
by
Routledge
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Closing the Achievement Gap is made up of six articles. The first paper examines Cleveland's restructuring initiative in light of two theories on early adolescent development: person-in-environment theory and the focal theory of change. This is followed by a study that illustrates the difference in academic performance between low-income children and their peers, minority children and their... Read more
Volume 9 Number 2, 2004Contents: P. Poncelet, Metis Associates, Restructuring Schools in Cleveland for the Social, Emotional, and Intellectual Development of Early Adolescents. G.W. McGee, Closing the Achievement Gap: Lessons From Illinois' Golden Spike High-Poverty High-Performing Schools. J.C. Snipes, M.D. Casserly, Urban School Systems and Education Reform: Key Lessons From a Case Study of Large Urban School Systems. J.T. Yun, M. Kurlaender, School Racial Composition and Student Educational Aspirations: A Question of Equity in a Multiracial Society. J. Kim, Summer Reading and the Ethnic Achievement Gap. J.P. Van Haneghan, S.A. Pruet, H.J. Bamberger, Mathematics Reform in a Minority Community: Student Outcomes.
Biography
Samuel C. Stringfield
