Michele Wages

Achievement Gap

A Poverty Crisis, Not an Education Crisis

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Dr. Wages has written a detailed, well documented book that can serve as an informative resource to create an awareness of the multidimensional and complex issues of poverty.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 94
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 5mm
• Gewicht: 150g
• ISBN-13: 9781475841916
• ISBN-10: 1475841914
• Artikelnr.: 52638822

Autorenporträt

Michele Wages is an instructional coordinator for one of the largest school districts in Texas. She has also served as an assistant professor teaching emergent and developing literacy and diagnosis and remediation of reading at elementary level to elementary education majors.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Background
Introduction
Chapter 1: Child Poverty
Chapter 2: Unemployment
Chapter 3: Race and Poverty
Chapter 4: Family Characteristics
Chapter 5: School Behavior
Chapter 6: Homelessness
Chapter 7: Gangs and Poverty
Chapter 8: Why has the Income Achievement Gap Grown?
Chapter 9: Is Government Assistance the Answer?
Chapter 10: What needs to be done?
Conclusion