1st Edition
Students of Color and the Achievement Gap Systemic Challenges, Systemic Transformations
By Richard R. Valencia
Copyright 2015
374 Pages
5 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
374 Pages
5 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
374 Pages
5 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Students of Color and the Achievement Gap is a comprehensive, landmark analysis of an incontrovertible racialized reality in U.S. K-12 public education---the relentless achievement gap between low-socioeconomic students of color and their economically advantaged White counterparts. Award winning author and scholar Richard Valencia provides an authoritative and systemic treatment of the... Read more
Part I. The Problem. 1. The Achievement Gap. 2. Competing Models to Explain the Achievement Gap. Part II. Macrolevel-Factors. 3. The "Other" Gaps: Income, Housing, and Health. Part III. Mesolevel-Factors. 4. School Segregation, Desegregation, and Integration. 5. Teacher Quality. 6. Language Suppression and Cultural Exclusion. 7. Curriculum Differentiation. Part IV. Microlevel-Factors. 8. Parental Engagement and Empowerment. 9. Student Agency and Empowerment. Last Thoughts.
Biography
Richard R. Valencia is a professor educational psychology and faculty associate in the Center for Mexican American Studies at the University of Texas, Austin.
