Challenges Facing Suburban Schools

Promising Responses to Changing Student Populations
Herausgeber: Wepner, Shelley B.; Gomez, Diane W.

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Produktbeschreibung

This coedited book describes the impact that an increasingly diverse student population has on suburban schools.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 150
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 228g
• ISBN-13: 9781475832839
• ISBN-10: 1475832834
• Artikelnr.: 47710320

Autorenporträt

Shelley B. Wepner is Dean and Professor of Education in the School of Education of Manhattanville College. She has over 145 publications focused primarily on connections between K-12 education and higher education and leadership skills for effectively supporting teacher education and literacy development. Diane W. Gómez is Associate Professor of Second Languages and Chairperson for the Department of Educational Leadership and Special Subjects in the School of Education at Manhattanville College.

Inhaltsangabe

Dedication
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1
Demography and Educational Politics in the Changing Suburbs
Stephen Kotok and Erica Frankenberg
Chapter 2
Race, Ethnicity, and Social Capital in the Changing Suburbs
Carl L. Bankston III and Stephen C. Caldas
Chapter 3
Administrators' Accountabilities in Changing Suburban Schools
Shelley B. Wepner and Diane W. Gómez
Chapter 4
Lessons for Leaders about Educating English Learners
Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey
Chapter 5
A Conceptual Framework for the Educational Success of Dual Language
Learners: Reducing the Achievement Gap
Eugene E. García
Chapter 6
Effective Literacy Instruction for English Learners
María Paula Ghiso
Chapter 7
Data-Driven Decisions on Effective Performance Measures of English Learners
Debbie Zacarian
Chapter 8
Closing the Parent Gap in Changing School Districts
Patricia Edwards, Lisa Domke, and Kristen White
About the Authors